#DCC985#DCC985

#DCC985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.090 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC985
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 133)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 39.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -2.87, 36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 36.50, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0068 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.09 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.6367, 58.6842, 30.6349)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC985 #8598DC

analogous

#DC9E85 #DCC985 #C3DC85

triadic

#DCC985 #85DCC9 #C985DC

tetradic

#DCC985 #85DC9E #8598DC #DC85C3

square

#DCC985 #85DC9E #8598DC #DC85C3

split-complementary

#DCC985 #85C3DC #9E85DC

monochromatic

#B39733 #CEB455 #DCC985 #EADEB5 #F7F3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DCC985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#DCC985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC985

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC985	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCC87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.090 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9a9',
    500: '#dcc985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc985;
$custom-light: #e8d9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.897,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83627,
    "c": 0.08963,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC985

secondary

#5267B3

accent

#46C323

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC985

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

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