#DCDA7B#DCDA7B

#DCDA7B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.118 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA7B
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 123)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 44%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 44.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, -12.56, 46.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 48.45, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0355 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.118 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.1629, 66.7899, 28.5629)
Luminance	0.6679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA7B #7B7DDC

analogous

#DCAA7B #DCDA7B #AEDC7B

triadic

#DCDA7B #7BDCDA #DA7BDC

tetradic

#DCDA7B #7BDCAA #7B7DDC #DC7BAE

square

#DCDA7B #7BDCAA #7B7DDC #DC7BAE

split-complementary

#DCDA7B #7BAEDC #AA7BDC

monochromatic

#AEAC2E #CFCC4B #DCDA7B #E9E8AB #F6F5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDA7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#DCDA7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA7B

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA7B	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)

#E8D373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.118 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e5a3',
    500: '#dcda7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda7b;
$custom-light: #e8e5a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.763,
    "s": 58.084,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86974,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA7B

secondary

#4B4DB1

accent

#23C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA7B

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

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