#DCDA9E#DCDA9E

#DCDA9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.078 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA9E
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 158)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 28.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -8.59, 29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 31.08, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.0219 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.078 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.7584, 67.8281, 42.2326)
Luminance	0.6783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA9E #9EA0DC

analogous

#DCBB9E #DCDA9E #BFDC9E

triadic

#DCDA9E #9EDCDA #DA9EDC

tetradic

#DCDA9E #9EDCBB #9EA0DC #DC9EBF

square

#DCDA9E #9EDCBB #9EA0DC #DC9EBF

split-complementary

#DCDA9E #9EBFDC #BB9EDC

monochromatic

#BCB844 #CCC971 #DCDA9E #ECEBCB #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#DCDA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA9E

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA9E	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.078 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e5bb',
    500: '#dcda9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda9e;
$custom-light: #e7e5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 46.97,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87559,
    "c": 0.078,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA9E

secondary

#6A6DB4

accent

#30BA2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA9E

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

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