#DCD391#DCD391

#DCD391 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.086 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD391
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 145)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 34%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 34.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -6.64, 33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 34.50, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0169 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.086 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.9210, 63.8499, 36.0557)
Luminance	0.6385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD391 #919ADC

analogous

#DCAE91 #DCD391 #C0DC91

triadic

#DCD391 #91DCD3 #D391DC

tetradic

#DCD391 #91DCAE #919ADC #DC91C0

square

#DCD391 #91DCAE #919ADC #DC91C0

split-complementary

#DCD391 #91C0DC #AE91DC

monochromatic

#B8A93B #CDC063 #DCD391 #EBE6BF #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD391 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#DCD391 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD391

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD391	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD391	1.00	1.53	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCF8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D393

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.086 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0b2',
    500: '#dcd391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd391;
$custom-light: #e8e0b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85878,
    "c": 0.08561,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD391

secondary

#5E68B3

accent

#39BF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD391

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

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