#DCD49F#DCD49F

#DCD49F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.070 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD49F
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 159)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 27.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -5.41, 27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 27.81, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.0127 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.07 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.3170, 64.8070, 42.1784)
Luminance	0.6481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD49F #9FA7DC

analogous

#DCB69F #DCD49F #C6DC9F

triadic

#DCD49F #9FDCD4 #D49FDC

tetradic

#DCD49F #9FDCB6 #9FA7DC #DC9FC6

square

#DCD49F #9FDCB6 #9FA7DC #DC9FC6

split-complementary

#DCD49F #9FC6DC #B69FDC

monochromatic

#BBAC45 #CCC072 #DCD49F #ECE8CC #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#DCD49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD49F

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD49F	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.070 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1bb',
    500: '#dcd49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd49f;
$custom-light: #e7e1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 46.565,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86349,
    "c": 0.06988,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD49F

secondary

#6B75B4

accent

#3EBA2C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD49F

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

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