#DCD286#DCD286

#DCD286 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.097 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD286
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 134)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 39.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -7.39, 38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 39.59, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% -0.0198 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.097 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.8659, 63.0316, 31.7204)
Luminance	0.6303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD286 #8690DC

analogous

#DCA786 #DCD286 #BBDC86

triadic

#DCD286 #86DCD2 #D286DC

tetradic

#DCD286 #86DCA7 #8690DC #DC86BB

square

#DCD286 #86DCA7 #8690DC #DC86BB

split-complementary

#DCD286 #86BBDC #A786DC

monochromatic

#B4A534 #CEC057 #DCD286 #EAE4B5 #F7F5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD286 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#DCD286 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD286

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD286	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD286	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCD80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd286;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.097 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfaa',
    500: '#dcd286',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd286;
$custom-light: #e8dfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd286",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 55.128,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85484,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD286

secondary

#535EB3

accent

#35C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD286

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

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