#DCDA8F#DCDA8F

#DCDA8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.096 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA8F
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 143)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 35%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.68, -10.43, 37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.68, 38.64, 105.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0279 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.096 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.5452, 67.3428, 35.8430)
Luminance	0.6734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA8F #8F91DC

analogous

#DCB38F #DCDA8F #B7DC8F

triadic

#DCDA8F #8FDCDA #DA8FDC

tetradic

#DCDA8F #8FDCB3 #8F91DC #DC8FB7

square

#DCDA8F #8FDCB3 #8F91DC #DC8FB7

split-complementary

#DCDA8F #8FB7DC #B38FDC

monochromatic

#B7B439 #CDCB60 #DCDA8F #EBE9BE #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDA8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#DCDA8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA8F

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA8F	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D48A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D892

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.096 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e5b0',
    500: '#dcda8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda8f;
$custom-light: #e8e5b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.442,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87286,
    "c": 0.09582,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA8F

secondary

#5C5EB3

accent

#2AC026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA8F

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

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