#DCD492#DCD492

#DCD492 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.086 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD492
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 146)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 34%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 33.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.16, -7.04, 33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.16, 34.43, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.1% -0.018 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(86.1% 0.086 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.2477, 64.3793, 36.5466)
Luminance	0.6438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD492 #929ADC

analogous

#DCAF92 #DCD492 #BFDC92

triadic

#DCD492 #92DCD4 #D492DC

tetradic

#DCD492 #92DCAF #929ADC #DC92BF

square

#DCD492 #92DCAF #929ADC #DC92BF

split-complementary

#DCD492 #92BFDC #AF92DC

monochromatic

#B8AB3B #CDC264 #DCD492 #EBE6C0 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD492 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#DCD492 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD492

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD492	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD492	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D08D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd492;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.086 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1b2',
    500: '#dcd492',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd492;
$custom-light: #e8e1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd492",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86102,
    "c": 0.08552,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD492

secondary

#5F68B4

accent

#37BF27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD492

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

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