#DCDD8A#DCDD8A

#DCDD8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.105 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD8A
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 138)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(61, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 37.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.39, -12.50, 40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.39, 42.52, 107.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.83% -0.0342 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(87.83% 0.105 109)
XYZ	xyz(59.9598, 68.7647, 34.1541)
Luminance	0.6876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD8A #8B8ADD

analogous

#DDB48A #DCDD8A #B2DD8A

triadic

#DCDD8A #8ADCDD #DD8ADC

tetradic

#DCDD8A #8ADDB4 #8B8ADD #DD8AB2

square

#DCDD8A #8ADDB4 #8B8ADD #DD8AB2

split-complementary

#DCDD8A #8AB2DD #B48ADD

monochromatic

#B6B735 #CECF5B #DCDD8A #EAEBB9 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DCDD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#DCDD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD8A

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD8A	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.105 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e7ad',
    500: '#dcdd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd8a;
$custom-light: #e8e7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.723,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87827,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.68764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD8A

secondary

#5857B4

accent

#23C225

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD8A

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

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