#DCD184#DCD184

#DCD184 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.098 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD184
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 132)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 40%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.17, -7.09, 39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.17, 40.17, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.0191 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.098 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.4816, 62.4841, 30.9107)
Luminance	0.6248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD184 #848FDC

analogous

#DCA584 #DCD184 #BBDC84

triadic

#DCD184 #84DCD1 #D184DC

tetradic

#DCD184 #84DCA5 #848FDC #DC84BB

square

#DCD184 #84DCA5 #848FDC #DC84BB

split-complementary

#DCD184 #84BBDC #A584DC

monochromatic

#B3A333 #CEBF54 #DCD184 #EAE3B4 #F7F5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#DCD184 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD184

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD184	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECC7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.098 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfa9',
    500: '#dcd184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd184;
$custom-light: #e8dfa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85245,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD184

secondary

#515EB3

accent

#36C322

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD184

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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