#DCD588#DCD588

#DCD588 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.098 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD588
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 136)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 38.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.27, -8.69, 38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.27, 39.89, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.14% -0.0234 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(86.14% 0.098 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.7543, 64.5831, 32.7112)
Luminance	0.6458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD588 #888FDC

analogous

#DCAB88 #DCD588 #B9DC88

triadic

#DCD588 #88DCD5 #D588DC

tetradic

#DCD588 #88DCAB #888FDC #DC88B9

square

#DCD588 #88DCAB #888FDC #DC88B9

split-complementary

#DCD588 #88B9DC #AB88DC

monochromatic

#B5AA35 #CEC459 #DCD588 #EAE6B7 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#DCD588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD588

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD588	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D48B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.098 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1ab',
    500: '#dcd588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd588;
$custom-light: #e8e1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86135,
    "c": 0.09815,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD588

secondary

#555DB3

accent

#31C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD588

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

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