#DCD085#DCD085

#DCD085 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.096 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD085
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 133)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 39.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -6.47, 38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 39.26, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0172 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.096 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.3058, 62.0225, 31.1913)
Luminance	0.6202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD085 #8591DC

analogous

#DCA585 #DCD085 #BDDC85

triadic

#DCD085 #85DCD0 #D085DC

tetradic

#DCD085 #85DCA5 #8591DC #DC85BD

square

#DCD085 #85DCA5 #8591DC #DC85BD

split-complementary

#DCD085 #85BDDC #A585DC

monochromatic

#B3A233 #CEBE55 #DCD085 #EAE2B5 #F7F5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD085 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#DCD085 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD085

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD085	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD085	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCC7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd085;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.096 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dea9',
    500: '#dcd085',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd085;
$custom-light: #e8dea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd085",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85056,
    "c": 0.09627,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD085

secondary

#5260B3

accent

#39C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD085

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

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