#DCD49E#DCD49E

#DCD49E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.071 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD49E
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 158)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 28.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.37, -5.54, 27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.37, 28.32, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0131 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.071 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.2306, 64.7724, 41.7233)
Luminance	0.6477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD49E #9EA6DC

analogous

#DCB59E #DCD49E #C5DC9E

triadic

#DCD49E #9EDCD4 #D49EDC

tetradic

#DCD49E #9EDCB5 #9EA6DC #DC9EC5

square

#DCD49E #9EDCB5 #9EA6DC #DC9EC5

split-complementary

#DCD49E #9EC5DC #B59EDC

monochromatic

#BCAC44 #CCC071 #DCD49E #ECE8CB #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#DCD49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD49E

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD49E	1.00	1.50	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.50	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)

#DED09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.071 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1bb',
    500: '#dcd49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd49e;
$custom-light: #e7e1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 46.97,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86329,
    "c": 0.0711,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD49E

secondary

#6A74B4

accent

#3EBA2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD49E

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

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