#DCD58C#DCD58C

#DCD58C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.094 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD58C
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 140)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 36.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.33, -8.24, 36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.33, 37.89, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.0218 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.094 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.0439, 64.6990, 34.2364)
Luminance	0.6470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD58C #8C93DC

analogous

#DCAD8C #DCD58C #BBDC8C

triadic

#DCD58C #8CDCD5 #D58CDC

tetradic

#DCD58C #8CDCAD #8C93DC #DC8CBB

square

#DCD58C #8CDCAD #8C93DC #DC8CBB

split-complementary

#DCD58C #8CBBDC #AD8CDC

monochromatic

#B6AB37 #CEC45D #DCD58C #EAE6BB #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD58C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#DCD58C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD58C

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD58C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD58C	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D48F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd58c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.094 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1ae',
    500: '#dcd58c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd58c;
$custom-light: #e8e1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd58c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86202,
    "c": 0.09359,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD58C

secondary

#5961B3

accent

#32C125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD58C

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

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