#DCD186#DCD186

#DCD186 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.096 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD186
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 134)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 39.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.20, -6.88, 38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.20, 39.17, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(85.28% -0.0183 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(85.28% 0.096 101)
XYZ	xyz(56.6198, 62.5394, 31.6384)
Luminance	0.6254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD186 #8691DC

analogous

#DCA686 #DCD186 #BCDC86

triadic

#DCD186 #86DCD1 #D186DC

tetradic

#DCD186 #86DCA6 #8691DC #DC86BC

square

#DCD186 #86DCA6 #8691DC #DC86BC

split-complementary

#DCD186 #86BCDC #A686DC

monochromatic

#B4A334 #CEBF57 #DCD186 #EAE3B5 #F7F5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD186 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#DCD186 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD186

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD186	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD186	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECC80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd186;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.096 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfaa',
    500: '#dcd186',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd186;
$custom-light: #e8dfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd186",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.326,
    "s": 55.128,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85278,
    "c": 0.09617,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.62538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD186

secondary

#5360B3

accent

#37C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD186

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

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