#DCD49B#DCD49B

#DCD49B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.075 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD49B
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 155)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 29.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -5.92, 29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 29.86, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.27% -0.0143 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(86.27% 0.075 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.9755, 64.6704, 40.3799)
Luminance	0.6467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD49B #9BA3DC

analogous

#DCB39B #DCD49B #C3DC9B

triadic

#DCD49B #9BDCD4 #D49BDC

tetradic

#DCD49B #9BDCB3 #9BA3DC #DC9BC3

square

#DCD49B #9BDCB3 #9BA3DC #DC9BC3

split-complementary

#DCD49B #9BC3DC #B39BDC

monochromatic

#BBAC41 #CCC16E #DCD49B #ECE7C8 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD49B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#DCD49B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD49B

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD49B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD49B	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd49b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.075 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1b9',
    500: '#dcd49b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd49b;
$custom-light: #e7e1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd49b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8627,
    "c": 0.07476,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD49B

secondary

#6771B4

accent

#3CBB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD49B

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

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