#DCD28D#DCD28D

#DCD28D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.089 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD28D
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 141)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.56, -6.60, 35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.56, 36.09, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.017 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.089 101)
XYZ	xyz(57.3703, 63.2334, 34.3773)
Luminance	0.6323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD28D #8D97DC

analogous

#DCAA8D #DCD28D #BEDC8D

triadic

#DCD28D #8DDCD2 #D28DDC

tetradic

#DCD28D #8DDCAA #8D97DC #DC8DBE

square

#DCD28D #8DDCAA #8D97DC #DC8DBE

split-complementary

#DCD28D #8DBEDC #AA8DDC

monochromatic

#B7A738 #CEC05E #DCD28D #EAE4BC #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD28D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#DCD28D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD28D

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD28D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD28D	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECE88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd28d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.089 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfaf',
    500: '#dcd28d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd28d;
$custom-light: #e8dfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd28d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.405,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85602,
    "c": 0.08922,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.63232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD28D

secondary

#5A65B3

accent

#39C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD28D

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

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