#DCD189#DCD189

#DCD189 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.093 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD189
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 137)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 37.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.24, -6.54, 37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.24, 37.67, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.33% -0.0171 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(85.33% 0.093 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8320, 62.6243, 32.7560)
Luminance	0.6262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD189 #8994DC

analogous

#DCA789 #DCD189 #BEDC89

triadic

#DCD189 #89DCD1 #D189DC

tetradic

#DCD189 #89DCA7 #8994DC #DC89BE

square

#DCD189 #89DCA7 #8994DC #DC89BE

split-complementary

#DCD189 #89BEDC #A789DC

monochromatic

#B5A436 #CEBF5A #DCD189 #EAE3B8 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#DCD189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD189

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD189	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECD84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.093 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfac',
    500: '#dcd189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd189;
$custom-light: #e8dfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.048,
    "s": 54.248,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85328,
    "c": 0.09277,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD189

secondary

#5662B3

accent

#39C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD189

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

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