#DCD185#DCD185

#DCD185 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.097 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD185
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 133)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 39.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -6.99, 39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 39.67, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.26% -0.0187 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(85.26% 0.097 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.5503, 62.5116, 31.2728)
Luminance	0.6251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD185 #8590DC

analogous

#DCA685 #DCD185 #BCDC85

triadic

#DCD185 #85DCD1 #D185DC

tetradic

#DCD185 #85DCA6 #8590DC #DC85BC

square

#DCD185 #85DCA6 #8590DC #DC85BC

split-complementary

#DCD185 #85BCDC #A685DC

monochromatic

#B3A333 #CEBF55 #DCD185 #EAE3B5 #F7F5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#DCD185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD185

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD185	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECC7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.097 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfa9',
    500: '#dcd185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd185;
$custom-light: #e8dfa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.414,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85262,
    "c": 0.09729,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD185

secondary

#525FB3

accent

#37C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD185

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

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