#DCDA9B#DCDA9B

#DCDA9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.082 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA9B
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 155)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 29.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.87, -8.98, 31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.87, 32.60, 105.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0231 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.082 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.5033, 67.7261, 40.8892)
Luminance	0.6773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA9B #9B9DDC

analogous

#DCB99B #DCDA9B #BDDC9B

triadic

#DCDA9B #9BDCDA #DA9BDC

tetradic

#DCDA9B #9BDCB9 #9B9DDC #DC9BBD

square

#DCDA9B #9BDCB9 #9B9DDC #DC9BBD

split-complementary

#DCDA9B #9BBDDC #B99BDC

monochromatic

#BBB741 #CCC96E #DCDA9B #ECEBC8 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDA9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#DCDA9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA9B

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA9B	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.082 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e5b9',
    500: '#dcda9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda9b;
$custom-light: #e7e5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87502,
    "c": 0.08165,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA9B

secondary

#676AB4

accent

#2FBB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA9B

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

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