#DCD18F#DCD18F

#DCD18F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.086 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD18F
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 143)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 35%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.34, -5.86, 34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.34, 34.65, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(85.43% -0.0147 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(85.43% 0.086 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.2744, 62.8012, 35.0861)
Luminance	0.6280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD18F #8F9ADC

analogous

#DCAA8F #DCD18F #C0DC8F

triadic

#DCD18F #8FDCD1 #D18FDC

tetradic

#DCD18F #8FDCAA #8F9ADC #DC8FC0

square

#DCD18F #8FDCAA #8F9ADC #DC8FC0

split-complementary

#DCD18F #8FC0DC #AA8FDC

monochromatic

#B7A539 #CDBE60 #DCD18F #EBE4BE #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD18F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#DCD18F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD18F

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD18F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD18F	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCD8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D291

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd18f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.086 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfb0',
    500: '#dcd18f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd18f;
$custom-light: #e8dfb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd18f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85433,
    "c": 0.08584,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD18F

secondary

#5C68B3

accent

#3CC026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD18F

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

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