#DCC986#DCC986

#DCC986 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.089 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC986
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 134)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 39.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.13, -2.76, 35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.13, 36.00, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0064 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.089 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.7061, 58.7120, 31.0005)
Luminance	0.5871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC986 #8699DC

analogous

#DC9E86 #DCC986 #C4DC86

triadic

#DCC986 #86DCC9 #C986DC

tetradic

#DCC986 #86DC9E #8699DC #DC86C4

square

#DCC986 #86DC9E #8699DC #DC86C4

split-complementary

#DCC986 #86C4DC #9E86DC

monochromatic

#B49734 #CEB457 #DCC986 #EADEB5 #F7F3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DCC986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#DCC986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC986

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC986	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)

#D6C681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCC88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.089 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9aa',
    500: '#dcc986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc986;
$custom-light: #e8d9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.744,
    "s": 55.128,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83644,
    "c": 0.08851,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC986

secondary

#5368B3

accent

#46C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC986

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

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