#DCD39F#DCD39F

#DCD39F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.069 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD39F
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 159)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 27.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -4.89, 26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 27.37, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% -0.0112 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.069 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.0678, 64.3086, 42.0954)
Luminance	0.6431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD39F #9FA8DC

analogous

#DCB59F #DCD39F #C7DC9F

triadic

#DCD39F #9FDCD3 #D39FDC

tetradic

#DCD39F #9FDCB5 #9FA8DC #DC9FC7

square

#DCD39F #9FDCB5 #9FA8DC #DC9FC7

split-complementary

#DCD39F #9FC7DC #B59FDC

monochromatic

#BBAA45 #CCBE72 #DCD39F #ECE8CC #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD39F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#DCD39F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD39F

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD39F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD39F	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd39f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.069 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e0bb',
    500: '#dcd39f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd39f;
$custom-light: #e7e0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd39f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 46.565,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86145,
    "c": 0.0688,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD39F

secondary

#6B76B4

accent

#41BA2C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD39F

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

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