#DCD188#DCD188

#DCD188 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.094 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD188
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 136)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 38.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.23, -6.66, 37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.23, 38.17, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(85.31% -0.0175 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(85.31% 0.094 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.7606, 62.5957, 32.3800)
Luminance	0.6259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD188 #8893DC

analogous

#DCA788 #DCD188 #BDDC88

triadic

#DCD188 #88DCD1 #D188DC

tetradic

#DCD188 #88DCA7 #8893DC #DC88BD

square

#DCD188 #88DCA7 #8893DC #DC88BD

split-complementary

#DCD188 #88BDDC #A788DC

monochromatic

#B5A435 #CEBF59 #DCD188 #EAE3B7 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#DCD188 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD188

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD188	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECD83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D18B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.094 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfab',
    500: '#dcd188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd188;
$custom-light: #e8dfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.143,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85311,
    "c": 0.09391,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD188

secondary

#5561B3

accent

#38C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD188

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

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