#DCD27E#DCD27E

#DCD27E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.106 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD27E
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 126)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 42.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.35, -8.23, 42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.35, 43.55, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% -0.0228 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.106 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.3289, 62.8168, 28.8922)
Luminance	0.6281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD27E #7E88DC

analogous

#DCA37E #DCD27E #B7DC7E

triadic

#DCD27E #7EDCD2 #D27EDC

tetradic

#DCD27E #7EDCA3 #7E88DC #DC7EB7

square

#DCD27E #7EDCA3 #7E88DC #DC7EB7

split-complementary

#DCD27E #7EB7DC #A37EDC

monochromatic

#B0A230 #CFC14E #DCD27E #E9E3AE #F6F4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD27E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#DCD27E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD27E

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD27E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD27E	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)

#E0CD77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd27e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.106 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfa5',
    500: '#dcd27e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd27e;
$custom-light: #e8dfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd27e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.617,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85357,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD27E

secondary

#4C57B2

accent

#32C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD27E

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

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