#DCDD8D#DCDD8D

#DCDD8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.102 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD8D
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 141)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(61, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 36.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.43, -12.17, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.43, 41.04, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.033 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.102 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.1800, 68.8527, 35.3138)
Luminance	0.6885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD8D #8E8DDD

analogous

#DDB68D #DCDD8D #B4DD8D

triadic

#DCDD8D #8DDCDD #DD8DDC

tetradic

#DCDD8D #8DDDB6 #8E8DDD #DD8DB4

square

#DCDD8D #8DDDB6 #8E8DDD #DD8DB4

split-complementary

#DCDD8D #8DB4DD #B68DDD

monochromatic

#B7B937 #CECF5E #DCDD8D #EAEBBC #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DCDD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#DCDD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD8D

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD8D	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADA90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.102 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e7af',
    500: '#dcdd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd8d;
$custom-light: #e8e7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.75,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87876,
    "c": 0.10166,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD8D

secondary

#5B5AB4

accent

#24C226

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD8D

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

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