#DCD58D#DCD58D

#DCD58D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.092 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD58D
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 141)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.34, -8.13, 36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.34, 37.39, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.22% -0.0214 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(86.22% 0.092 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.1179, 64.7286, 34.6265)
Luminance	0.6473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD58D #8D94DC

analogous

#DCAD8D #DCD58D #BBDC8D

triadic

#DCD58D #8DDCD5 #D58DDC

tetradic

#DCD58D #8DDCAD #8D94DC #DC8DBB

square

#DCD58D #8DDCAD #8D94DC #DC8DBB

split-complementary

#DCD58D #8DBBDC #AD8DDC

monochromatic

#B7AB38 #CEC45E #DCD58D #EAE6BC #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD58D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#DCD58D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD58D

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD58D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD58D	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	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)

#E1D088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd58d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.092 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1af',
    500: '#dcd58d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd58d;
$custom-light: #e8e1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd58d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.684,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86219,
    "c": 0.09244,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD58D

secondary

#5A62B3

accent

#33C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD58D

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

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