#DCD280#DCD280

#DCD280 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.104 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD280
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 128)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 41.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -8.02, 41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 42.57, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.0221 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.104 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.4592, 62.8689, 29.5787)
Luminance	0.6287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD280 #808ADC

analogous

#DCA480 #DCD280 #B8DC80

triadic

#DCD280 #80DCD2 #D280DC

tetradic

#DCD280 #80DCA4 #808ADC #DC80B8

square

#DCD280 #80DCA4 #808ADC #DC80B8

split-complementary

#DCD280 #80B8DC #A480DC

monochromatic

#B1A331 #CFC150 #DCD280 #E9E3B0 #F6F4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#DCD280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD280

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD280	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)

#E0CD7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.104 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfa6',
    500: '#dcd280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd280;
$custom-light: #e8dfa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85388,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD280

secondary

#4E59B3

accent

#33C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD280

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

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