#DCD89F#DCD89F

#DCD89F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.074 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD89F
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 159)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 27.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -7.45, 28.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 29.63, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% -0.0186 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.074 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.3293, 66.8316, 42.5159)
Luminance	0.6683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD89F #9FA3DC

analogous

#DCBA9F #DCD89F #C2DC9F

triadic

#DCD89F #9FDCD8 #D89FDC

tetradic

#DCD89F #9FDCBA #9FA3DC #DC9FC2

square

#DCD89F #9FDCBA #9FA3DC #DC9FC2

split-complementary

#DCD89F #9FC2DC #BA9FDC

monochromatic

#BBB445 #CCC672 #DCD89F #ECEACC #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD89F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#DCD89F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD89F

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD89F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD89F	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D49B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd89f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.074 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4bb',
    500: '#dcd89f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd89f;
$custom-light: #e7e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd89f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 46.565,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87168,
    "c": 0.07442,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD89F

secondary

#6B70B4

accent

#35BA2C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD89F

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

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