#DCD18E#DCD18E

#DCD18E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.087 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD18E
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 142)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.32, -5.97, 34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.32, 35.16, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.0151 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.087 100)
XYZ	xyz(57.1990, 62.7711, 34.6889)
Luminance	0.6277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD18E #8E99DC

analogous

#DCAA8E #DCD18E #C0DC8E

triadic

#DCD18E #8EDCD1 #D18EDC

tetradic

#DCD18E #8EDCAA #8E99DC #DC8EC0

square

#DCD18E #8EDCAA #8E99DC #DC8EC0

split-complementary

#DCD18E #8EC0DC #AA8EDC

monochromatic

#B7A539 #CEBE5F #DCD18E #EAE4BD #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD18E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#DCD18E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD18E

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD18E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD18E	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)

#DDCD89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd18e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.087 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfaf',
    500: '#dcd18e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd18e;
$custom-light: #e8dfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd18e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.538,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85415,
    "c": 0.08702,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.6277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD18E

secondary

#5B67B3

accent

#3BC025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD18E

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

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