#DCD491#DCD491

#DCD491 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.087 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD491
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 145)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 34%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 34.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.15, -7.15, 34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.15, 34.93, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(86.08% -0.0184 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(86.08% 0.087 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.1702, 64.3483, 36.1388)
Luminance	0.6435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD491 #9199DC

analogous

#DCAF91 #DCD491 #BFDC91

triadic

#DCD491 #91DCD4 #D491DC

tetradic

#DCD491 #91DCAF #9199DC #DC91BF

square

#DCD491 #91DCAF #9199DC #DC91BF

split-complementary

#DCD491 #91BFDC #AF91DC

monochromatic

#B8AB3B #CDC263 #DCD491 #EBE6BF #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#DCD491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD491

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD491	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D08C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.087 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1b2',
    500: '#dcd491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd491;
$custom-light: #e8e1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.6,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86084,
    "c": 0.0867,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD491

secondary

#5E67B3

accent

#37BF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD491

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

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