#DCD281#DCD281

#DCD281 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.103 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD281
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 129)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.39, -7.92, 41.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.39, 42.07, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0217 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.103 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.5254, 62.8954, 29.9271)
Luminance	0.6289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD281 #818BDC

analogous

#DCA481 #DCD281 #B8DC81

triadic

#DCD281 #81DCD2 #D281DC

tetradic

#DCD281 #81DCA4 #818BDC #DC81B8

square

#DCD281 #81DCA4 #818BDC #DC81B8

split-complementary

#DCD281 #81B8DC #A481DC

monochromatic

#B1A331 #CFC151 #DCD281 #E9E3B1 #F7F4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#DCD281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD281

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD281	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CD7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.103 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfa7',
    500: '#dcd281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd281;
$custom-light: #e8dfa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.407,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85403,
    "c": 0.10277,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD281

secondary

#4F5AB3

accent

#33C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD281

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

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