#DCD89E#DCD89E

#DCD89E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.076 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD89E
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 158)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 28.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, -7.58, 29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 30.14, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.15% -0.019 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(87.15% 0.076 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.2429, 66.7971, 42.0607)
Luminance	0.6680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD89E #9EA2DC

analogous

#DCB99E #DCD89E #C1DC9E

triadic

#DCD89E #9EDCD8 #D89EDC

tetradic

#DCD89E #9EDCB9 #9EA2DC #DC9EC1

square

#DCD89E #9EDCB9 #9EA2DC #DC9EC1

split-complementary

#DCD89E #9EC1DC #B99EDC

monochromatic

#BCB444 #CCC671 #DCD89E #ECEACB #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#DCD89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD89E

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD89E	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.076 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4bb',
    500: '#dcd89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd89e;
$custom-light: #e7e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 46.97,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87148,
    "c": 0.07563,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD89E

secondary

#6A6FB4

accent

#35BA2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD89E

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

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