#DCD381#DCD381

#DCD381 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.104 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD381
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 129)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.65, -8.43, 41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.65, 42.49, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.0231 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.104 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.7730, 63.3907, 30.0096)
Luminance	0.6339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD381 #818ADC

analogous

#DCA581 #DCD381 #B7DC81

triadic

#DCD381 #81DCD3 #D381DC

tetradic

#DCD381 #81DCA5 #818ADC #DC81B7

square

#DCD381 #81DCA5 #818ADC #DC81B7

split-complementary

#DCD381 #81B7DC #A581DC

monochromatic

#B1A531 #CFC251 #DCD381 #E9E4B1 #F7F4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#DCD381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD381

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD381	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CE7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.104 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0a7',
    500: '#dcd381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd381;
$custom-light: #e8e0a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.066,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8561,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD381

secondary

#4F58B3

accent

#32C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD381

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

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