#DCD38F#DCD38F

#DCD38F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.088 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD38F
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 143)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 35%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.86, -6.88, 34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.86, 35.51, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0177 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.088 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.7682, 63.7888, 35.2506)
Luminance	0.6379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD38F #8F98DC

analogous

#DCAC8F #DCD38F #BEDC8F

triadic

#DCD38F #8FDCD3 #D38FDC

tetradic

#DCD38F #8FDCAC #8F98DC #DC8FBE

square

#DCD38F #8FDCAC #8F98DC #DC8FBE

split-complementary

#DCD38F #8FBEDC #AC8FDC

monochromatic

#B7A939 #CDC160 #DCD38F #EBE5BE #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD38F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#DCD38F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD38F

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD38F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD38F	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCF8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd38f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.088 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0b0',
    500: '#dcd38f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd38f;
$custom-light: #e8e0b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd38f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.987,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85843,
    "c": 0.08796,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD38F

secondary

#5C66B3

accent

#38C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD38F

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

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