#DCD49D#DCD49D

#DCD49D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.072 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD49D
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 157)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 28.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.35, -5.67, 28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.35, 28.84, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.0135 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.072 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.1448, 64.7382, 41.2718)
Luminance	0.6474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD49D #9DA5DC

analogous

#DCB59D #DCD49D #C5DC9D

triadic

#DCD49D #9DDCD4 #D49DDC

tetradic

#DCD49D #9DDCB5 #9DA5DC #DC9DC5

square

#DCD49D #9DDCB5 #9DA5DC #DC9DC5

split-complementary

#DCD49D #9DC5DC #B59DDC

monochromatic

#BCAC43 #CCC070 #DCD49D #ECE8CA #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#DCD49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD49D

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD49D	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.072 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1ba',
    500: '#dcd49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd49d;
$custom-light: #e7e1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86309,
    "c": 0.07233,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD49D

secondary

#6973B4

accent

#3DBB2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD49D

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

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