#DCD289#DCD289

#DCD289 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.094 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD289
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 137)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 37.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.50, -7.06, 37.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.50, 38.09, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(85.53% -0.0186 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(85.53% 0.094 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.0781, 63.1165, 32.8380)
Luminance	0.6311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD289 #8993DC

analogous

#DCA889 #DCD289 #BDDC89

triadic

#DCD289 #89DCD2 #D289DC

tetradic

#DCD289 #89DCA8 #8993DC #DC89BD

square

#DCD289 #89DCA8 #8993DC #DC89BD

split-complementary

#DCD289 #89BDDC #A889DC

monochromatic

#B5A636 #CEC05A #DCD289 #EAE4B8 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD289 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#DCD289 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD289

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD289	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD289	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCD84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd289;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.094 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfac',
    500: '#dcd289',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd289;
$custom-light: #e8dfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd289",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.771,
    "s": 54.248,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85534,
    "c": 0.09381,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD289

secondary

#5661B3

accent

#37C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD289

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

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