#DCDB8D#DCDB8D

#DCDB8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.099 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDB8D
RGB	rgb(220, 219, 141)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.91, -11.16, 38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.91, 40.10, 106.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.46% -0.0301 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(87.46% 0.099 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.6551, 67.8029, 35.1389)
Luminance	0.6780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDB8D #8D8EDC

analogous

#DCB38D #DCDB8D #B5DC8D

triadic

#DCDB8D #8DDCDB #DB8DDC

tetradic

#DCDB8D #8DDCB3 #8D8EDC #DC8DB5

square

#DCDB8D #8DDCB3 #8D8EDC #DC8DB5

split-complementary

#DCDB8D #8DB5DC #B38DDC

monochromatic

#B7B538 #CECC5E #DCDB8D #EAEABC #F8F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#DCDB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDB8D

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDB8D	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdb8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 219, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.099 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6af',
    500: '#dcdb8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdb8d;
$custom-light: #e8e6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdb8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.241,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8746,
    "c": 0.09929,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDB8D

secondary

#5A5BB3

accent

#27C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDB8D

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

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