#DCD288#DCD288

#DCD288 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.095 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD288
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 136)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 38.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.49, -7.17, 37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.49, 38.59, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.019 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.095 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.0067, 63.0879, 32.4620)
Luminance	0.6309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD288 #8892DC

analogous

#DCA888 #DCD288 #BCDC88

triadic

#DCD288 #88DCD2 #D288DC

tetradic

#DCD288 #88DCA8 #8892DC #DC88BC

square

#DCD288 #88DCA8 #8892DC #DC88BC

split-complementary

#DCD288 #88BCDC #A888DC

monochromatic

#B5A535 #CEC059 #DCD288 #EAE4B7 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD288 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#DCD288 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD288

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD288	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD288	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCD83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D28B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd288;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.095 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfab',
    500: '#dcd288',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd288;
$custom-light: #e8dfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd288",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85517,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD288

secondary

#5560B3

accent

#36C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD288

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

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