#DCD58E#DCD58E

#DCD58E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.091 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD58E
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 142)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -8.02, 36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 36.88, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.021 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.091 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.1927, 64.7585, 35.0201)
Luminance	0.6476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD58E #8E95DC

analogous

#DCAE8E #DCD58E #BCDC8E

triadic

#DCD58E #8EDCD5 #D58EDC

tetradic

#DCD58E #8EDCAE #8E95DC #DC8EBC

square

#DCD58E #8EDCAE #8E95DC #DC8EBC

split-complementary

#DCD58E #8EBCDC #AE8EDC

monochromatic

#B7AC39 #CEC45F #DCD58E #EAE6BD #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD58E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#DCD58E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD58E

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD58E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD58E	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)

#E1D089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd58e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.091 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1b0',
    500: '#dcd58e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd58e;
$custom-light: #e8e1b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd58e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.615,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86236,
    "c": 0.09128,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD58E

secondary

#5B63B3

accent

#33C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD58E

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

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