#DCD37E#DCD37E

#DCD37E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.107 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD37E
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 126)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 42.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.61, -8.74, 43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.61, 43.97, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(85.56% -0.0243 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(85.56% 0.107 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.5765, 63.3121, 28.9748)
Luminance	0.6331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD37E #7E87DC

analogous

#DCA47E #DCD37E #B6DC7E

triadic

#DCD37E #7EDCD3 #D37EDC

tetradic

#DCD37E #7EDCA4 #7E87DC #DC7EB6

square

#DCD37E #7EDCA4 #7E87DC #DC7EB6

split-complementary

#DCD37E #7EB6DC #A47EDC

monochromatic

#B0A430 #CFC34E #DCD37E #E9E3AE #F6F4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD37E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#DCD37E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD37E

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD37E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD37E	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)

#E1CE77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd37e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.107 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0a5',
    500: '#dcd37e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd37e;
$custom-light: #e8e0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd37e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.255,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85564,
    "c": 0.10707,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD37E

secondary

#4C56B2

accent

#30C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD37E

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

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