#DCDB8B#DCDB8B

#DCDB8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.102 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDB8B
RGB	rgb(220, 219, 139)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 36.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.88, -11.39, 39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.88, 41.10, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.43% -0.0309 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(87.43% 0.102 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.5076, 67.7439, 34.3622)
Luminance	0.6774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDB8B #8B8CDC

analogous

#DCB28B #DCDB8B #B4DC8B

triadic

#DCDB8B #8BDCDB #DB8BDC

tetradic

#DCDB8B #8BDCB2 #8B8CDC #DC8BB4

square

#DCDB8B #8BDCB2 #8B8CDC #DC8BB4

split-complementary

#DCDB8B #8BB4DC #B28BDC

monochromatic

#B6B437 #CECC5C #DCDB8B #EAEABA #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#DCDB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDB8B

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDB8B	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)

#E7D585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D88E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 219, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.102 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6ae',
    500: '#dcdb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdb8b;
$custom-light: #e8e6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.259,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87427,
    "c": 0.10156,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDB8B

secondary

#5859B3

accent

#26C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDB8B

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

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