#DCD487#DCD487

#DCD487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.098 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD487
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 135)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 38.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.99, -8.30, 39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.99, 39.95, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.0223 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.098 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.4328, 64.0533, 32.2551)
Luminance	0.6405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD487 #878FDC

analogous

#DCAA87 #DCD487 #BADC87

triadic

#DCD487 #87DCD4 #D487DC

tetradic

#DCD487 #87DCAA #878FDC #DC87BA

square

#DCD487 #87DCAA #878FDC #DC87BA

split-complementary

#DCD487 #87BADC #AA87DC

monochromatic

#B4A835 #CEC358 #DCD487 #EAE5B6 #F8F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#DCD487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD487

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD487	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CF81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.098 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1ab',
    500: '#dcd487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd487;
$custom-light: #e8e1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.353,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85912,
    "c": 0.0982,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD487

secondary

#545DB3

accent

#32C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD487

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

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