#DCDA8A#DCDA8A

#DCDA8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.102 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA8A
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.60, -11.00, 39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.60, 41.13, 105.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.2% -0.0298 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(87.2% 0.102 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.1748, 67.1947, 33.8925)
Luminance	0.6719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA8A #8A8CDC

analogous

#DCB18A #DCDA8A #B5DC8A

triadic

#DCDA8A #8ADCDA #DA8ADC

tetradic

#DCDA8A #8ADCB1 #8A8CDC #DC8AB5

square

#DCDA8A #8ADCB1 #8A8CDC #DC8AB5

split-complementary

#DCDA8A #8AB5DC #B18ADC

monochromatic

#B5B236 #CECB5B #DCDA8A #EAE9B9 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#DCDA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA8A

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA8A	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D88D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.102 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e5ad',
    500: '#dcda8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda8a;
$custom-light: #e8e5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87203,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA8A

secondary

#5759B3

accent

#28C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA8A

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

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