#DCD387#DCD387

#DCD387 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.097 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD387
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 135)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 38.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, -7.79, 38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 39.52, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.71% -0.0208 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(85.71% 0.097 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.1836, 63.5549, 32.1720)
Luminance	0.6355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD387 #8790DC

analogous

#DCA987 #DCD387 #BBDC87

triadic

#DCD387 #87DCD3 #D387DC

tetradic

#DCD387 #87DCA9 #8790DC #DC87BB

square

#DCD387 #87DCA9 #8790DC #DC87BB

split-complementary

#DCD387 #87BBDC #A987DC

monochromatic

#B4A735 #CEC258 #DCD387 #EAE4B6 #F8F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#DCD387 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD387

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD387	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)

#E0CE81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.097 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0ab',
    500: '#dcd387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd387;
$custom-light: #e8e0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.647,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85706,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD387

secondary

#545EB3

accent

#34C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD387

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

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