#DCD38D#DCD38D

#DCD38D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.090 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD38D
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 141)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.82, -7.11, 35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.82, 36.51, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.81% -0.0185 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(85.81% 0.09 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.6180, 63.7287, 34.4598)
Luminance	0.6373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD38D #8D96DC

analogous

#DCAB8D #DCD38D #BDDC8D

triadic

#DCD38D #8DDCD3 #D38DDC

tetradic

#DCD38D #8DDCAB #8D96DC #DC8DBD

square

#DCD38D #8DDCAB #8D96DC #DC8DBD

split-complementary

#DCD38D #8DBDDC #AB8DDC

monochromatic

#B7A838 #CEC15E #DCD38D #EAE5BC #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#DCD38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD38D

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD38D	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCE88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.090 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0af',
    500: '#dcd38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd38d;
$custom-light: #e8e0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.165,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85808,
    "c": 0.09027,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD38D

secondary

#5A64B3

accent

#37C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD38D

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

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