#DCD591#DCD591

#DCD591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.088 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD591
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 145)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 34%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 34.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -7.66, 34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 35.37, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.0198 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.088 103)
XYZ	xyz(58.4210, 64.8498, 36.2223)
Luminance	0.6485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD591 #9198DC

analogous

#DCB091 #DCD591 #BEDC91

triadic

#DCD591 #91DCD5 #D591DC

tetradic

#DCD591 #91DCB0 #9198DC #DC91BE

square

#DCD591 #91DCB0 #9198DC #DC91BE

split-complementary

#DCD591 #91BEDC #B091DC

monochromatic

#B8AC3B #CDC363 #DCD591 #EBE7BF #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#DCD591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD591

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD591	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D08C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.088 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1b2',
    500: '#dcd591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd591;
$custom-light: #e8e1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.4,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86289,
    "c": 0.08779,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.64848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD591

secondary

#5E66B3

accent

#35BF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD591

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

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