#DCD48C#DCD48C

#DCD48C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.092 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD48C
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 140)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 36.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.07, -7.74, 36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.07, 37.45, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86% -0.0203 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(86% 0.093 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.7931, 64.1975, 34.1528)
Luminance	0.6420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD48C #8C94DC

analogous

#DCAC8C #DCD48C #BCDC8C

triadic

#DCD48C #8CDCD4 #D48CDC

tetradic

#DCD48C #8CDCAC #8C94DC #DC8CBC

square

#DCD48C #8CDCAC #8C94DC #DC8CBC

split-complementary

#DCD48C #8CBCDC #AC8CDC

monochromatic

#B6A937 #CEC25D #DCD48C #EAE6BB #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD48C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#DCD48C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD48C

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD48C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD48C	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CF87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D48F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd48c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.092 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1ae',
    500: '#dcd48c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd48c;
$custom-light: #e8e1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd48c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85996,
    "c": 0.0925,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD48C

secondary

#5962B3

accent

#34C125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD48C

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

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