#DCDA8B#DCDA8B

#DCDA8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.100 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA8B
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 139)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 36.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -10.89, 39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 40.63, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.22% -0.0294 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(87.22% 0.1 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.2476, 67.2238, 34.2755)
Luminance	0.6722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA8B #8B8DDC

analogous

#DCB28B #DCDA8B #B5DC8B

triadic

#DCDA8B #8BDCDA #DA8BDC

tetradic

#DCDA8B #8BDCB2 #8B8DDC #DC8BB5

square

#DCDA8B #8BDCB2 #8B8DDC #DC8BB5

split-complementary

#DCDA8B #8BB5DC #B28BDC

monochromatic

#B6B337 #CECB5C #DCDA8B #EAE9BA #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDA8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#DCDA8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA8B

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA8B	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)

#E6D485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D88E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.100 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e5ae',
    500: '#dcda8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda8b;
$custom-light: #e8e5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.519,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87219,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA8B

secondary

#585AB3

accent

#28C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA8B

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

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