#DCD38E#DCD38E

#DCD38E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.089 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD38E
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 142)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, -7.00, 35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 36.01, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0181 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.089 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.6927, 63.7586, 34.8535)
Luminance	0.6376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD38E #8E97DC

analogous

#DCAC8E #DCD38E #BEDC8E

triadic

#DCD38E #8EDCD3 #D38EDC

tetradic

#DCD38E #8EDCAC #8E97DC #DC8EBE

square

#DCD38E #8EDCAC #8E97DC #DC8EBE

split-complementary

#DCD38E #8EBEDC #AC8EDC

monochromatic

#B7A839 #CEC15F #DCD38E #EAE5BD #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#DCD38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD38E

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD38E	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)

#DFCF89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D391

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.089 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0b0',
    500: '#dcd38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd38e;
$custom-light: #e8e0b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85825,
    "c": 0.08911,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD38E

secondary

#5B65B3

accent

#37C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD38E

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

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