#DCD486#DCD486

#DCD486 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.099 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD486
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 134)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 39.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.98, -8.40, 39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.98, 40.45, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.0227 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.099 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.3627, 64.0253, 31.8860)
Luminance	0.6402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD486 #868EDC

analogous

#DCA986 #DCD486 #B9DC86

triadic

#DCD486 #86DCD4 #D486DC

tetradic

#DCD486 #86DCA9 #868EDC #DC86B9

square

#DCD486 #86DCA9 #868EDC #DC86B9

split-complementary

#DCD486 #86B9DC #A986DC

monochromatic

#B4A834 #CEC357 #DCD486 #EAE5B5 #F7F6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#DCD486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD486

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD486	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)

#E1CF80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.099 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1aa',
    500: '#dcd486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd486;
$custom-light: #e8e1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 55.128,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85896,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD486

secondary

#535CB3

accent

#32C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD486

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

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