#DCD285#DCD285

#DCD285 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.098 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD285
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 133)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 39.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.44, -7.50, 39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.44, 40.09, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.0201 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.098 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.7965, 63.0038, 31.3548)
Luminance	0.6300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD285 #858FDC

analogous

#DCA785 #DCD285 #BBDC85

triadic

#DCD285 #85DCD2 #D285DC

tetradic

#DCD285 #85DCA7 #858FDC #DC85BB

square

#DCD285 #85DCA7 #858FDC #DC85BB

split-complementary

#DCD285 #85BBDC #A785DC

monochromatic

#B3A533 #CEC055 #DCD285 #EAE4B5 #F7F5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD285 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#DCD285 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD285

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD285	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD285	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCD7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd285;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.098 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfa9',
    500: '#dcd285',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd285;
$custom-light: #e8dfa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd285",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.103,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85467,
    "c": 0.09833,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD285

secondary

#525DB3

accent

#35C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD285

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

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