#DCD18D#DCD18D

#DCD18D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.088 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD18D
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 141)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.31, -6.09, 35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.31, 35.66, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0155 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.088 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.1242, 62.7412, 34.2952)
Luminance	0.6274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD18D #8D98DC

analogous

#DCA98D #DCD18D #BFDC8D

triadic

#DCD18D #8DDCD1 #D18DDC

tetradic

#DCD18D #8DDCA9 #8D98DC #DC8DBF

square

#DCD18D #8DDCA9 #8D98DC #DC8DBF

split-complementary

#DCD18D #8DBFDC #A98DDC

monochromatic

#B7A538 #CEBE5E #DCD18D #EAE4BC #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD18D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#DCD18D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD18D

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD18D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD18D	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCD88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd18d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.088 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfaf',
    500: '#dcd18d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd18d;
$custom-light: #e8dfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd18d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.646,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85397,
    "c": 0.08817,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD18D

secondary

#5A66B3

accent

#3BC025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD18D

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

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