#DCD191#DCD191

#DCD191 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.084 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD191
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 145)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 34%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 34.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -5.62, 33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 33.64, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.0139 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.084 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.4272, 62.8624, 35.8911)
Luminance	0.6286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD191 #919CDC

analogous

#DCAC91 #DCD191 #C2DC91

triadic

#DCD191 #91DCD1 #D191DC

tetradic

#DCD191 #91DCAC #919CDC #DC91C2

square

#DCD191 #91DCAC #919CDC #DC91C2

split-complementary

#DCD191 #91C2DC #AC91DC

monochromatic

#B8A63B #CDBE63 #DCD191 #EBE4BF #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#DCD191 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD191

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD191	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCD8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D293

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.084 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfb2',
    500: '#dcd191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd191;
$custom-light: #e8dfb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.2,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85469,
    "c": 0.08351,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD191

secondary

#5E6AB3

accent

#3DBF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD191

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

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