#DCD69E#DCD69E

#DCD69E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.073 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD69E
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 158)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(54, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 28.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -6.56, 28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 29.22, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(86.74% -0.0161 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(86.74% 0.073 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.7336, 65.7785, 41.8910)
Luminance	0.6578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD69E #9EA4DC

analogous

#DCB79E #DCD69E #C3DC9E

triadic

#DCD69E #9EDCD6 #D69EDC

tetradic

#DCD69E #9EDCB7 #9EA4DC #DC9EC3

square

#DCD69E #9EDCB7 #9EA4DC #DC9EC3

split-complementary

#DCD69E #9EC3DC #B79EDC

monochromatic

#BCB044 #CCC371 #DCD69E #ECE9CB #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD69E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#DCD69E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD69E

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD69E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD69E	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd69e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.073 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e2bb',
    500: '#dcd69e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd69e;
$custom-light: #e7e2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd69e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 46.97,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86738,
    "c": 0.07333,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD69E

secondary

#6A71B4

accent

#39BA2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD69E

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

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