#DCD386#DCD386

#DCD386 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.098 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD386
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 134)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 39.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, -7.90, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 40.02, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% -0.0212 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.098 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.1135, 63.5269, 31.8030)
Luminance	0.6352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD386 #868FDC

analogous

#DCA886 #DCD386 #BADC86

triadic

#DCD386 #86DCD3 #D386DC

tetradic

#DCD386 #86DCA8 #868FDC #DC86BA

square

#DCD386 #86DCA8 #868FDC #DC86BA

split-complementary

#DCD386 #86BADC #A886DC

monochromatic

#B4A634 #CEC257 #DCD386 #EAE4B5 #F7F6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD386 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#DCD386 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD386

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD386	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD386	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CE80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd386;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.098 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0aa',
    500: '#dcd386',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd386;
$custom-light: #e8e0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd386",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.721,
    "s": 55.128,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8569,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD386

secondary

#535DB3

accent

#34C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD386

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

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