#DCD489#DCD489

#DCD489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.096 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD489
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 137)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 37.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.02, -8.07, 38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.02, 38.95, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% -0.0215 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.096 103)
XYZ	xyz(57.5749, 64.1102, 33.0037)
Luminance	0.6411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD489 #8991DC

analogous

#DCAB89 #DCD489 #BADC89

triadic

#DCD489 #89DCD4 #D489DC

tetradic

#DCD489 #89DCAB #8991DC #DC89BA

square

#DCD489 #89DCAB #8991DC #DC89BA

split-complementary

#DCD489 #89BADC #AB89DC

monochromatic

#B5A936 #CEC35A #DCD489 #EAE5B8 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#DCD489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD489

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD489	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)

#E1CF83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.096 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1ac',
    500: '#dcd489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd489;
$custom-light: #e8e1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.217,
    "s": 54.248,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85945,
    "c": 0.09593,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.64109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD489

secondary

#565FB3

accent

#33C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD489

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

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