#DCD39E#DCD39E

#DCD39E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.070 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD39E
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 158)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 28.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.11, -5.02, 27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.11, 27.89, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(86.13% -0.0117 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(86.13% 0.07 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.9814, 64.2740, 41.6402)
Luminance	0.6427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD39E #9EA7DC

analogous

#DCB49E #DCD39E #C6DC9E

triadic

#DCD39E #9EDCD3 #D39EDC

tetradic

#DCD39E #9EDCB4 #9EA7DC #DC9EC6

square

#DCD39E #9EDCB4 #9EA7DC #DC9EC6

split-complementary

#DCD39E #9EC6DC #B49EDC

monochromatic

#BCAA44 #CCBF71 #DCD39E #ECE7CB #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD39E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#DCD39E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD39E

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD39E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD39E	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)

#DDD09B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd39e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.070 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e0bb',
    500: '#dcd39e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd39e;
$custom-light: #e7e0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd39e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 46.97,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86125,
    "c": 0.07003,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD39E

secondary

#6A75B4

accent

#40BA2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD39E

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

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