#DCD39D#DCD39D

#DCD39D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.071 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD39D
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 157)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 28.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.09, -5.15, 27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.09, 28.40, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.0121 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.071 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.8956, 64.2398, 41.1887)
Luminance	0.6424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD39D #9DA6DC

analogous

#DCB49D #DCD39D #C6DC9D

triadic

#DCD39D #9DDCD3 #D39DDC

tetradic

#DCD39D #9DDCB4 #9DA6DC #DC9DC6

square

#DCD39D #9DDCB4 #9DA6DC #DC9DC6

split-complementary

#DCD39D #9DC6DC #B49DDC

monochromatic

#BCAA43 #CCBF70 #DCD39D #ECE7CA #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD39D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#DCD39D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD39D

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD39D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD39D	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd39d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.071 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e0ba',
    500: '#dcd39d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd39d;
$custom-light: #e7e0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd39d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86105,
    "c": 0.07125,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD39D

secondary

#6974B4

accent

#3FBB2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD39D

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

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