#DCD581#DCD581

#DCD581 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.106 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD581
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 129)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.17, -9.44, 42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.17, 43.35, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.0261 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.106 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.2730, 64.3906, 30.1763)
Luminance	0.6439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD581 #8188DC

analogous

#DCA781 #DCD581 #B5DC81

triadic

#DCD581 #81DCD5 #D581DC

tetradic

#DCD581 #81DCA7 #8188DC #DC81B5

square

#DCD581 #81DCA7 #8188DC #DC81B5

split-complementary

#DCD581 #81B5DC #A781DC

monochromatic

#B1A731 #CFC551 #DCD581 #E9E5B1 #F7F5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#DCD581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD581

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD581	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.106 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1a7',
    500: '#dcd581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd581;
$custom-light: #e8e1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86023,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD581

secondary

#4F56B3

accent

#2EC421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD581

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

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