#DCD49C#DCD49C

#DCD49C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.074 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD49C
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 156)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 29.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.33, -5.80, 28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.33, 29.35, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.0139 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.074 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.0598, 64.7042, 40.8240)
Luminance	0.6470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD49C #9CA4DC

analogous

#DCB49C #DCD49C #C4DC9C

triadic

#DCD49C #9CDCD4 #D49CDC

tetradic

#DCD49C #9CDCB4 #9CA4DC #DC9CC4

square

#DCD49C #9CDCB4 #9CA4DC #DC9CC4

split-complementary

#DCD49C #9CC4DC #B49CDC

monochromatic

#BBAC42 #CCC06F #DCD49C #ECE8C9 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#DCD49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD49C

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD49C	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.074 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1b9',
    500: '#dcd49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd49c;
$custom-light: #e7e1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8629,
    "c": 0.07354,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD49C

secondary

#6872B4

accent

#3DBB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD49C

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

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