#DCD287#DCD287

#DCD287 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.096 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD287
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 135)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 38.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.47, -7.28, 38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.47, 39.09, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.0194 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.096 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.9359, 63.0596, 32.0895)
Luminance	0.6306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD287 #8791DC

analogous

#DCA887 #DCD287 #BCDC87

triadic

#DCD287 #87DCD2 #D287DC

tetradic

#DCD287 #87DCA8 #8791DC #DC87BC

square

#DCD287 #87DCA8 #8791DC #DC87BC

split-complementary

#DCD287 #87BCDC #A887DC

monochromatic

#B4A535 #CEC058 #DCD287 #EAE4B6 #F8F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD287 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#DCD287 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD287

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD287	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD287	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)

#DFCD81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D28A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd287;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.096 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfab',
    500: '#dcd287',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd287;
$custom-light: #e8dfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd287",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.855,
    "c": 0.09607,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD287

secondary

#545FB3

accent

#36C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD287

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

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