#DCDA7E#DCDA7E

#DCDA7E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.115 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA7E
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 126)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 42.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.44, -12.27, 45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.44, 47.01, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.0344 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.115 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.3536, 66.8662, 29.5671)
Luminance	0.6686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA7E #7E80DC

analogous

#DCAB7E #DCDA7E #AFDC7E

triadic

#DCDA7E #7EDCDA #DA7EDC

tetradic

#DCDA7E #7EDCAB #7E80DC #DC7EAF

square

#DCDA7E #7EDCAB #7E80DC #DC7EAF

split-complementary

#DCDA7E #7EAFDC #AB7EDC

monochromatic

#B0AD30 #CFCC4E #DCDA7E #E9E8AE #F6F6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDA7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#DCDA7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA7E

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA7E	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)

#E8D377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.115 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e5a5',
    500: '#dcda7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda7e;
$custom-light: #e8e5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87017,
    "c": 0.1147,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA7E

secondary

#4C4EB2

accent

#24C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA7E

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

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