#DCD385#DCD385

#DCD385 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.099 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD385
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 133)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 39.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -8.00, 39.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 40.51, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.0216 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.099 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.0441, 63.4991, 31.4374)
Luminance	0.6350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD385 #858EDC

analogous

#DCA885 #DCD385 #BADC85

triadic

#DCD385 #85DCD3 #D385DC

tetradic

#DCD385 #85DCA8 #858EDC #DC85BA

square

#DCD385 #85DCA8 #858EDC #DC85BA

split-complementary

#DCD385 #85BADC #A885DC

monochromatic

#B3A633 #CEC255 #DCD385 #EAE4B5 #F7F5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#DCD385 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD385

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD385	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CE7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.099 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0a9',
    500: '#dcd385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd385;
$custom-light: #e8e0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85673,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD385

secondary

#525CB3

accent

#33C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD385

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

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