#DCD589#DCD589

#DCD589 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.097 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD589
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 137)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 37.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.28, -8.58, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.28, 39.39, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% -0.023 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.097 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.8257, 64.6117, 33.0872)
Luminance	0.6461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD589 #8990DC

analogous

#DCAC89 #DCD589 #B9DC89

triadic

#DCD589 #89DCD5 #D589DC

tetradic

#DCD589 #89DCAC #8990DC #DC89B9

square

#DCD589 #89DCAC #8990DC #DC89B9

split-complementary

#DCD589 #89B9DC #AC89DC

monochromatic

#B5AA36 #CEC45A #DCD589 #EAE6B8 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#DCD589 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD589

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD589	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)

#E2D083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.097 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1ac',
    500: '#dcd589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd589;
$custom-light: #e8e1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.94,
    "s": 54.248,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86151,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD589

secondary

#565EB3

accent

#31C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD589

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

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