#DCD291#DCD291

#DCD291 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.085 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD291
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 145)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 34%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 34.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.63, -6.13, 33.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.63, 34.07, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.0154 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.085 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.6734, 63.3546, 35.9731)
Luminance	0.6335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD291 #919BDC

analogous

#DCAD91 #DCD291 #C1DC91

triadic

#DCD291 #91DCD2 #D291DC

tetradic

#DCD291 #91DCAD #919BDC #DC91C1

square

#DCD291 #91DCAD #919BDC #DC91C1

split-complementary

#DCD291 #91C1DC #AD91DC

monochromatic

#B8A73B #CDBF63 #DCD291 #EBE5BF #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#DCD291 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD291

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD291	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECE8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D293

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.085 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfb2',
    500: '#dcd291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd291;
$custom-light: #e8dfb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85673,
    "c": 0.08455,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD291

secondary

#5E69B3

accent

#3BBF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD291

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

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