#DCDB8A#DCDB8A

#DCDB8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.103 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDB8A
RGB	rgb(220, 219, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.86, -11.50, 39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.86, 41.59, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.0313 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.103 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.4349, 67.7149, 33.9792)
Luminance	0.6771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDB8A #8A8BDC

analogous

#DCB28A #DCDB8A #B4DC8A

triadic

#DCDB8A #8ADCDB #DB8ADC

tetradic

#DCDB8A #8ADCB2 #8A8BDC #DC8AB4

square

#DCDB8A #8ADCB2 #8A8BDC #DC8AB4

split-complementary

#DCDB8A #8AB4DC #B28ADC

monochromatic

#B5B436 #CECD5B #DCDB8A #EAE9B9 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#DCDB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDB8A

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDB8A	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D88D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 219, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.103 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6ad',
    500: '#dcdb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdb8a;
$custom-light: #e8e6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.268,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8741,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDB8A

secondary

#5758B3

accent

#26C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDB8A

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

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