#DCD585#DCD585

#DCD585 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.102 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD585
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 133)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 39.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -9.02, 40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 41.38, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.09% -0.0245 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(86.09% 0.102 104)
XYZ	xyz(57.5441, 64.4990, 31.6040)
Luminance	0.6450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD585 #858CDC

analogous

#DCAA85 #DCD585 #B8DC85

triadic

#DCD585 #85DCD5 #D585DC

tetradic

#DCD585 #85DCAA #858CDC #DC85B8

square

#DCD585 #85DCAA #858CDC #DC85B8

split-complementary

#DCD585 #85B8DC #AA85DC

monochromatic

#B3A933 #CEC555 #DCD585 #EAE5B5 #F7F6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#DCD585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD585

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD585	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D07F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.102 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1a9',
    500: '#dcd585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd585;
$custom-light: #e8e1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.172,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86086,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.64498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD585

secondary

#525AB3

accent

#2FC323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD585

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

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