#DCD89C#DCD89C

#DCD89C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.078 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD89C
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 156)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 29.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.37, -7.84, 30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.37, 31.16, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.11% -0.0198 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(87.11% 0.078 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.0721, 66.7288, 41.1615)
Luminance	0.6673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD89C #9CA0DC

analogous

#DCB89C #DCD89C #C0DC9C

triadic

#DCD89C #9CDCD8 #D89CDC

tetradic

#DCD89C #9CDCB8 #9CA0DC #DC9CC0

square

#DCD89C #9CDCB8 #9CA0DC #DC9CC0

split-complementary

#DCD89C #9CC0DC #B89CDC

monochromatic

#BBB442 #CCC66F #DCD89C #ECEAC9 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#DCD89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD89C

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD89C	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.078 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4b9',
    500: '#dcd89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd89c;
$custom-light: #e7e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87109,
    "c": 0.07807,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD89C

secondary

#686DB4

accent

#34BB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD89C

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

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