#DCD38C#DCD38C

#DCD38C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.091 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD38C
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 140)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 36.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.81, -7.23, 36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.81, 37.02, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0189 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.091 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.5439, 63.6991, 34.0697)
Luminance	0.6370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD38C #8C95DC

analogous

#DCAB8C #DCD38C #BDDC8C

triadic

#DCD38C #8CDCD3 #D38CDC

tetradic

#DCD38C #8CDCAB #8C95DC #DC8CBD

square

#DCD38C #8CDCAB #8C95DC #DC8CBD

split-complementary

#DCD38C #8CBDDC #AB8CDC

monochromatic

#B6A837 #CEC15D #DCD38C #EAE5BB #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD38C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#DCD38C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD38C

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD38C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD38C	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCE87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D38F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd38c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.091 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0ae',
    500: '#dcd38c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd38c;
$custom-light: #e8e0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd38c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8579,
    "c": 0.09143,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD38C

secondary

#5963B3

accent

#36C125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD38C

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

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