#DCD490#DCD490

#DCD490 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.088 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD490
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 144)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 34.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -7.27, 34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 35.44, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.07% -0.0187 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(86.07% 0.088 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.0934, 64.3176, 35.7345)
Luminance	0.6432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD490 #9098DC

analogous

#DCAE90 #DCD490 #BEDC90

triadic

#DCD490 #90DCD4 #D490DC

tetradic

#DCD490 #90DCAE #9098DC #DC90BE

square

#DCD490 #90DCAE #9098DC #DC90BE

split-complementary

#DCD490 #90BEDC #AE90DC

monochromatic

#B8AA3A #CDC261 #DCD490 #EBE6BF #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#DCD490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD490

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD490	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)

#E0CF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.088 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1b1',
    500: '#dcd490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd490;
$custom-light: #e8e1b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86066,
    "c": 0.08786,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD490

secondary

#5D66B3

accent

#36BF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD490

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

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