#DCD28C#DCD28C

#DCD28C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.090 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD28C
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 140)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 36.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.55, -6.72, 35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.55, 36.59, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.59% -0.0174 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(85.59% 0.09 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.2963, 63.2038, 33.9872)
Luminance	0.6320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD28C #8C96DC

analogous

#DCAA8C #DCD28C #BEDC8C

triadic

#DCD28C #8CDCD2 #D28CDC

tetradic

#DCD28C #8CDCAA #8C96DC #DC8CBE

square

#DCD28C #8CDCAA #8C96DC #DC8CBE

split-complementary

#DCD28C #8CBEDC #AA8CDC

monochromatic

#B6A637 #CEC05D #DCD28C #EAE4BB #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD28C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#DCD28C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD28C

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD28C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD28C	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECE87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D28F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd28c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.090 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfae',
    500: '#dcd28c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd28c;
$custom-light: #e8dfae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd28c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85585,
    "c": 0.09037,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD28C

secondary

#5964B3

accent

#38C125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD28C

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

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