#DCD480#DCD480

#DCD480 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.106 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD480
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 128)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 41.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -9.04, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 43.41, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.025 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.106 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.9561, 63.8627, 29.7443)
Luminance	0.6386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD480 #8088DC

analogous

#DCA680 #DCD480 #B6DC80

triadic

#DCD480 #80DCD4 #D480DC

tetradic

#DCD480 #80DCA6 #8088DC #DC80B6

square

#DCD480 #80DCA6 #8088DC #DC80B6

split-complementary

#DCD480 #80B6DC #A680DC

monochromatic

#B1A631 #CFC450 #DCD480 #E9E4B0 #F6F4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#DCD480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD480

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD480	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	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)

#E2CF79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.106 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1a6',
    500: '#dcd480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd480;
$custom-light: #e8e1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85801,
    "c": 0.10596,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD480

secondary

#4E56B3

accent

#2FC421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD480

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

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