#DCD389#DCD389

#DCD389 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.095 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD389
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 137)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 37.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, -7.57, 37.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 38.52, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.74% -0.02 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(85.74% 0.095 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.3257, 63.6118, 32.9206)
Luminance	0.6361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD389 #8992DC

analogous

#DCAA89 #DCD389 #BBDC89

triadic

#DCD389 #89DCD3 #D389DC

tetradic

#DCD389 #89DCAA #8992DC #DC89BB

square

#DCD389 #89DCAA #8992DC #DC89BB

split-complementary

#DCD389 #89BBDC #AA89DC

monochromatic

#B5A736 #CEC15A #DCD389 #EAE5B8 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD389 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#DCD389 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD389

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD389	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD389	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CE84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd389;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.095 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0ac',
    500: '#dcd389',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd389;
$custom-light: #e8e0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd389",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.494,
    "s": 54.248,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85739,
    "c": 0.09486,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD389

secondary

#5660B3

accent

#35C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD389

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

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