#DCD28E#DCD28E

#DCD28E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.088 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD28E
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 142)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, -6.49, 34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 35.58, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0166 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.088 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.4451, 63.2633, 34.7709)
Luminance	0.6326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD28E #8E98DC

analogous

#DCAB8E #DCD28E #BFDC8E

triadic

#DCD28E #8EDCD2 #D28EDC

tetradic

#DCD28E #8EDCAB #8E98DC #DC8EBF

square

#DCD28E #8EDCAB #8E98DC #DC8EBF

split-complementary

#DCD28E #8EBFDC #AB8EDC

monochromatic

#B7A739 #CEBF5F #DCD28E #EAE5BD #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD28E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#DCD28E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD28E

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD28E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD28E	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)

#DECE89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D291

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd28e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.088 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfaf',
    500: '#dcd28e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd28e;
$custom-light: #e8dfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd28e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8562,
    "c": 0.08805,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD28E

secondary

#5B66B3

accent

#39C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD28E

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

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