#DCD18B#DCD18B

#DCD18B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.090 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD18B
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 139)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 36.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.27, -6.32, 36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.27, 36.67, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% -0.0163 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.09 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.9768, 62.6822, 33.5186)
Luminance	0.6268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD18B #8B96DC

analogous

#DCA88B #DCD18B #BEDC8B

triadic

#DCD18B #8BDCD1 #D18BDC

tetradic

#DCD18B #8BDCA8 #8B96DC #DC8BBE

square

#DCD18B #8BDCA8 #8B96DC #DC8BBE

split-complementary

#DCD18B #8BBEDC #A88BDC

monochromatic

#B6A537 #CEBE5C #DCD18B #EAE4BA #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD18B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#DCD18B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD18B

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD18B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD18B	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECD86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D28E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd18b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.090 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfad',
    500: '#dcd18b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd18b;
$custom-light: #e8dfad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd18b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.852,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85362,
    "c": 0.09047,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD18B

secondary

#5864B3

accent

#3AC124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD18B

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

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