#DCD187#DCD187

#DCD187 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.095 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD187
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 135)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 38.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -6.77, 38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 38.67, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% -0.0179 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.095 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.6898, 62.5674, 32.0074)
Luminance	0.6257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD187 #8792DC

analogous

#DCA687 #DCD187 #BDDC87

triadic

#DCD187 #87DCD1 #D187DC

tetradic

#DCD187 #87DCA6 #8792DC #DC87BD

square

#DCD187 #87DCA6 #8792DC #DC87BD

split-complementary

#DCD187 #87BDDC #A687DC

monochromatic

#B4A435 #CEBF58 #DCD187 #EAE3B6 #F8F5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#DCD187 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD187

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD187	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)

#DECD82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D18A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.095 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfab',
    500: '#dcd187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd187;
$custom-light: #e8dfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.235,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85295,
    "c": 0.09504,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD187

secondary

#5460B3

accent

#38C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD187

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

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