#DCD18A#DCD18A

#DCD18A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.092 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD18A
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.26, -6.43, 36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.26, 37.17, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.35% -0.0167 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(85.35% 0.092 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.9040, 62.6531, 33.1355)
Luminance	0.6265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD18A #8A95DC

analogous

#DCA88A #DCD18A #BEDC8A

triadic

#DCD18A #8ADCD1 #D18ADC

tetradic

#DCD18A #8ADCA8 #8A95DC #DC8ABE

square

#DCD18A #8ADCA8 #8A95DC #DC8ABE

split-complementary

#DCD18A #8ABEDC #A88ADC

monochromatic

#B5A436 #CEBE5B #DCD18A #EAE4B9 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD18A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#DCD18A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD18A

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD18A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD18A	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECD85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd18a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.092 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfad',
    500: '#dcd18a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd18a;
$custom-light: #e8dfad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd18a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.951,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85345,
    "c": 0.09163,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD18A

secondary

#5763B3

accent

#39C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD18A

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

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