#DCD983#DCD983

#DCD983 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.108 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD983
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 131)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 40.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, -11.25, 42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 44.13, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0311 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.108 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.4257, 66.4814, 31.2228)
Luminance	0.6648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD983 #8386DC

analogous

#DCAD83 #DCD983 #B3DC83

triadic

#DCD983 #83DCD9 #D983DC

tetradic

#DCD983 #83DCAD #8386DC #DC83B3

square

#DCD983 #83DCAD #8386DC #DC83B3

split-complementary

#DCD983 #83B3DC #AD83DC

monochromatic

#B2AE32 #CFCA53 #DCD983 #E9E8B3 #F7F6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#DCD983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD983

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD983	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D37C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.108 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4a8',
    500: '#dcd983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd983;
$custom-light: #e8e4a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.978,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86884,
    "c": 0.10817,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD983

secondary

#5054B3

accent

#27C422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD983

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

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