#DCDA8D#DCDA8D

#DCDA8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.098 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA8D
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 141)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -10.66, 38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 39.64, 105.60°)
OKLab	oklab(87.25% -0.0287 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(87.25% 0.098 107)
XYZ	xyz(59.3950, 67.2827, 35.0522)
Luminance	0.6728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA8D #8D8FDC

analogous

#DCB28D #DCDA8D #B6DC8D

triadic

#DCDA8D #8DDCDA #DA8DDC

tetradic

#DCDA8D #8DDCB2 #8D8FDC #DC8DB6

square

#DCDA8D #8DDCB2 #8D8FDC #DC8DB6

split-complementary

#DCDA8D #8DB6DC #B28DDC

monochromatic

#B7B338 #CECB5E #DCDA8D #EAE9BC #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDA8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#DCDA8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA8D

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA8D	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.098 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e5af',
    500: '#dcda8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda8d;
$custom-light: #e8e5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.481,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87252,
    "c": 0.09811,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.67282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA8D

secondary

#5A5CB3

accent

#29C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA8D

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

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