#DCD488#DCD488

#DCD488 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.097 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD488
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 136)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 38.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.01, -8.19, 38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.01, 39.45, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0219 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.097 103)
XYZ	xyz(57.5035, 64.0816, 32.6276)
Luminance	0.6408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD488 #8890DC

analogous

#DCAA88 #DCD488 #BADC88

triadic

#DCD488 #88DCD4 #D488DC

tetradic

#DCD488 #88DCAA #8890DC #DC88BA

square

#DCD488 #88DCAA #8890DC #DC88BA

split-complementary

#DCD488 #88BADC #AA88DC

monochromatic

#B5A835 #CEC359 #DCD488 #EAE5B7 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#DCD488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD488

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD488	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CF82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D48B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.097 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1ab',
    500: '#dcd488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd488;
$custom-light: #e8e1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85929,
    "c": 0.09707,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.6408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD488

secondary

#555EB3

accent

#33C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD488

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

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