#DCD485#DCD485

#DCD485 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.100 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD485
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 133)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 39.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.96, -8.51, 40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.96, 40.94, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0231 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.1 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.2933, 63.9975, 31.5205)
Luminance	0.6400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD485 #858DDC

analogous

#DCA985 #DCD485 #B9DC85

triadic

#DCD485 #85DCD4 #D485DC

tetradic

#DCD485 #85DCA9 #858DDC #DC85B9

square

#DCD485 #85DCA9 #858DDC #DC85B9

split-complementary

#DCD485 #85B9DC #A985DC

monochromatic

#B3A733 #CEC355 #DCD485 #EAE5B5 #F7F6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#DCD485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD485

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD485	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CF7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.100 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1a9',
    500: '#dcd485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd485;
$custom-light: #e8e1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.483,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8588,
    "c": 0.10045,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD485

secondary

#525BB3

accent

#31C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD485

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

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