#DCD38B#DCD38B

#DCD38B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.093 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD38B
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 139)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 36.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -7.34, 36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 37.52, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.0193 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.093 102)
XYZ	xyz(57.4705, 63.6697, 33.6832)
Luminance	0.6367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD38B #8B94DC

analogous

#DCAA8B #DCD38B #BDDC8B

triadic

#DCD38B #8BDCD3 #D38BDC

tetradic

#DCD38B #8BDCAA #8B94DC #DC8BBD

square

#DCD38B #8BDCAA #8B94DC #DC8BBD

split-complementary

#DCD38B #8BBDDC #AA8BDC

monochromatic

#B6A837 #CEC15C #DCD38B #EAE5BA #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD38B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#DCD38B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD38B

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD38B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD38B	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CE86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.093 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0ad',
    500: '#dcd38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd38b;
$custom-light: #e8e0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85773,
    "c": 0.09258,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.63668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD38B

secondary

#5862B3

accent

#36C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD38B

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

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