#DCDA81#DCDA81

#DCDA81 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.111 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA81
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 129)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -11.96, 43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 45.55, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% -0.0333 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.111 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.5500, 66.9447, 30.6020)
Luminance	0.6694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA81 #8183DC

analogous

#DCAC81 #DCDA81 #B0DC81

triadic

#DCDA81 #81DCDA #DA81DC

tetradic

#DCDA81 #81DCAC #8183DC #DC81B0

square

#DCDA81 #81DCAC #8183DC #DC81B0

split-complementary

#DCDA81 #81B0DC #AC81DC

monochromatic

#B1AF31 #CFCC51 #DCDA81 #E9E8B1 #F7F6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDA81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#DCDA81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA81

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA81	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D47A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.111 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e5a7',
    500: '#dcda81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda81;
$custom-light: #e8e5a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.681,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87061,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA81

secondary

#4F51B3

accent

#25C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA81

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

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