#DCD388#DCD388

#DCD388 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.096 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD388
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 136)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 38.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -7.68, 38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 39.02, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.72% -0.0204 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(85.72% 0.096 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.2543, 63.5832, 32.5446)
Luminance	0.6358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD388 #8891DC

analogous

#DCA988 #DCD388 #BBDC88

triadic

#DCD388 #88DCD3 #D388DC

tetradic

#DCD388 #88DCA9 #8891DC #DC88BB

square

#DCD388 #88DCA9 #8891DC #DC88BB

split-complementary

#DCD388 #88BBDC #A988DC

monochromatic

#B5A735 #CEC259 #DCD388 #EAE4B7 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD388 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#DCD388 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD388

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD388	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD388	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CE82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D38B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd388;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.096 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0ab',
    500: '#dcd388',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd388;
$custom-light: #e8e0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd388",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85723,
    "c": 0.096,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD388

secondary

#555FB3

accent

#34C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD388

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

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