#DCDA7D#DCDA7D

#DCDA7D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.116 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA7D
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 125)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 43.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -12.37, 45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 47.49, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.0348 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.116 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.2894, 66.8405, 29.2290)
Luminance	0.6684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA7D #7D7FDC

analogous

#DCAB7D #DCDA7D #AEDC7D

triadic

#DCDA7D #7DDCDA #DA7DDC

tetradic

#DCDA7D #7DDCAB #7D7FDC #DC7DAE

square

#DCDA7D #7DDCAB #7D7FDC #DC7DAE

split-complementary

#DCDA7D #7DAEDC #AB7DDC

monochromatic

#AFAD2F #CFCC4D #DCDA7D #E9E8AD #F6F5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDA7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#DCDA7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA7D

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA7D	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)

#E8D375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.116 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e5a4',
    500: '#dcda7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda7d;
$custom-light: #e8e5a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.737,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87002,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA7D

secondary

#4C4EB2

accent

#24C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA7D

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

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