#DCD481#DCD481

#DCD481 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.105 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD481
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 129)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.91, -8.94, 41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.91, 42.92, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0246 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.105 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.0222, 63.8891, 30.0927)
Luminance	0.6389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD481 #8189DC

analogous

#DCA681 #DCD481 #B6DC81

triadic

#DCD481 #81DCD4 #D481DC

tetradic

#DCD481 #81DCA6 #8189DC #DC81B6

square

#DCD481 #81DCA6 #8189DC #DC81B6

split-complementary

#DCD481 #81B6DC #A681DC

monochromatic

#B1A631 #CFC451 #DCD481 #E9E4B1 #F7F5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#DCD481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD481

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD481	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CF7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.105 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1a7',
    500: '#dcd481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd481;
$custom-light: #e8e1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.725,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85816,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD481

secondary

#4F57B3

accent

#30C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD481

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

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