#DCD18C#DCD18C

#DCD18C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.089 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD18C
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 140)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 36.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.29, -6.21, 35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.29, 36.17, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(85.38% -0.0159 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(85.38% 0.089 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.0502, 62.7115, 33.9051)
Luminance	0.6271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD18C #8C97DC

analogous

#DCA98C #DCD18C #BFDC8C

triadic

#DCD18C #8CDCD1 #D18CDC

tetradic

#DCD18C #8CDCA9 #8C97DC #DC8CBF

square

#DCD18C #8CDCA9 #8C97DC #DC8CBF

split-complementary

#DCD18C #8CBFDC #A98CDC

monochromatic

#B6A537 #CEBE5D #DCD18C #EAE4BB #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD18C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#DCD18C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD18C

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD18C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD18C	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)

#DDCD87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D28F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd18c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.089 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfae',
    500: '#dcd18c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd18c;
$custom-light: #e8dfae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd18c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8538,
    "c": 0.08933,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD18C

secondary

#5965B3

accent

#3AC125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD18C

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

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