#DCD580#DCD580

#DCD580 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.107 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD580
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 128)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 41.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.16, -9.55, 42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.16, 43.84, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.0264 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.107 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.2068, 64.3642, 29.8279)
Luminance	0.6436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD580 #8087DC

analogous

#DCA780 #DCD580 #B5DC80

triadic

#DCD580 #80DCD5 #D580DC

tetradic

#DCD580 #80DCA7 #8087DC #DC80B5

square

#DCD580 #80DCA7 #8087DC #DC80B5

split-complementary

#DCD580 #80B5DC #A780DC

monochromatic

#B1A731 #CFC550 #DCD580 #E9E5B0 #F6F5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD580 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#DCD580 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD580

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD580	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD580	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd580;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.107 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1a6',
    500: '#dcd580',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd580;
$custom-light: #e8e1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd580",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.435,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86008,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD580

secondary

#4E55B3

accent

#2EC421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD580

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

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