#DCD290#DCD290

#DCD290 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.086 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD290
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 144)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 34.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.61, -6.25, 34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.61, 34.57, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0158 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.086 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.5966, 63.3239, 35.5688)
Luminance	0.6332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD290 #909ADC

analogous

#DCAC90 #DCD290 #C0DC90

triadic

#DCD290 #90DCD2 #D290DC

tetradic

#DCD290 #90DCAC #909ADC #DC90C0

square

#DCD290 #90DCAC #909ADC #DC90C0

split-complementary

#DCD290 #90C0DC #AC90DC

monochromatic

#B8A73A #CDBF61 #DCD290 #EBE5BF #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#DCD290 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD290

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD290	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECE8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D292

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.086 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfb1',
    500: '#dcd290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd290;
$custom-light: #e8dfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85655,
    "c": 0.08572,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD290

secondary

#5D68B3

accent

#3ABF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD290

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

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