#DCC987#DCC987

#DCC987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.087 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC987
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 135)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 38.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -2.65, 35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 35.50, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.66% -0.006 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(83.66% 0.087 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.7761, 58.7400, 31.3695)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC987 #879ADC

analogous

#DC9F87 #DCC987 #C5DC87

triadic

#DCC987 #87DCC9 #C987DC

tetradic

#DCC987 #87DC9F #879ADC #DC87C5

square

#DCC987 #87DC9F #879ADC #DC87C5

split-complementary

#DCC987 #87C5DC #9F87DC

monochromatic

#B49835 #CEB458 #DCC987 #EADEB6 #F8F4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DCC987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#DCC987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC987

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC987	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCC89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.087 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9aa',
    500: '#dcc987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc987;
$custom-light: #e8d9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.588,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83661,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC987

secondary

#5469B3

accent

#47C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC987

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

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