#DCD587#DCD587

#DCD587 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.099 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD587
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 135)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 38.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.25, -8.80, 39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.25, 40.38, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.12% -0.0238 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(86.12% 0.099 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.6836, 64.5548, 32.3387)
Luminance	0.6455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD587 #878EDC

analogous

#DCAB87 #DCD587 #B9DC87

triadic

#DCD587 #87DCD5 #D587DC

tetradic

#DCD587 #87DCAB #878EDC #DC87B9

square

#DCD587 #87DCAB #878EDC #DC87B9

split-complementary

#DCD587 #87B9DC #AB87DC

monochromatic

#B4AA35 #CEC458 #DCD587 #EAE6B6 #F8F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#DCD587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD587

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD587	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.099 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1ab',
    500: '#dcd587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd587;
$custom-light: #e8e1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.059,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86118,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD587

secondary

#545CB3

accent

#30C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD587

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

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