#DCD89B#DCD89B

#DCD89B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.079 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD89B
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 155)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 29.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -7.96, 30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 31.67, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.09% -0.0202 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(87.09% 0.079 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.9878, 66.6951, 40.7173)
Luminance	0.6669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD89B #9B9FDC

analogous

#DCB79B #DCD89B #BFDC9B

triadic

#DCD89B #9BDCD8 #D89BDC

tetradic

#DCD89B #9BDCB7 #9B9FDC #DC9BBF

square

#DCD89B #9BDCB7 #9B9FDC #DC9BBF

split-complementary

#DCD89B #9BBFDC #B79BDC

monochromatic

#BBB441 #CCC66E #DCD89B #ECEAC8 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD89B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#DCD89B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD89B

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD89B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD89B	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd89b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.079 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4b9',
    500: '#dcd89b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd89b;
$custom-light: #e7e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd89b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8709,
    "c": 0.07928,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD89B

secondary

#676CB4

accent

#33BB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD89B

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

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