#DCD89D#DCD89D

#DCD89D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.077 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD89D
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 157)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 28.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.38, -7.71, 29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.38, 30.65, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% -0.0194 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.077 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.1572, 66.7628, 41.6093)
Luminance	0.6676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD89D #9DA1DC

analogous

#DCB99D #DCD89D #C1DC9D

triadic

#DCD89D #9DDCD8 #D89DDC

tetradic

#DCD89D #9DDCB9 #9DA1DC #DC9DC1

square

#DCD89D #9DDCB9 #9DA1DC #DC9DC1

split-complementary

#DCD89D #9DC1DC #B99DDC

monochromatic

#BCB443 #CCC670 #DCD89D #ECEACA #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#DCD89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD89D

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD89D	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)

#E2D499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.077 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4ba',
    500: '#dcd89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd89d;
$custom-light: #e7e4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87129,
    "c": 0.07686,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD89D

secondary

#696EB4

accent

#34BB2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD89D

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

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