#DCD28A#DCD28A

#DCD28A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.093 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD28A
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 138)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.52, -6.94, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.52, 37.59, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.0182 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.093 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.1501, 63.1453, 33.2176)
Luminance	0.6314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD28A #8A94DC

analogous

#DCA98A #DCD28A #BDDC8A

triadic

#DCD28A #8ADCD2 #D28ADC

tetradic

#DCD28A #8ADCA9 #8A94DC #DC8ABD

square

#DCD28A #8ADCA9 #8A94DC #DC8ABD

split-complementary

#DCD28A #8ABDDC #A98ADC

monochromatic

#B5A636 #CEC05B #DCD28A #EAE4B9 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD28A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#DCD28A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD28A

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD28A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD28A	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCE85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd28a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.093 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfad',
    500: '#dcd28a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd28a;
$custom-light: #e8dfad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd28a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8555,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD28A

secondary

#5762B3

accent

#37C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD28A

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

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