#DCD685#DCD685

#DCD685 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.103 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD685
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 133)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 39.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, -9.53, 40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 41.81, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.026 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.103 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.7964, 65.0037, 31.6881)
Luminance	0.6500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD685 #858BDC

analogous

#DCAB85 #DCD685 #B7DC85

triadic

#DCD685 #85DCD6 #D685DC

tetradic

#DCD685 #85DCAB #858BDC #DC85B7

square

#DCD685 #85DCAB #858BDC #DC85B7

split-complementary

#DCD685 #85B7DC #AB85DC

monochromatic

#B3AA33 #CEC655 #DCD685 #EAE6B5 #F7F6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#DCD685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD685

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD685	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D07F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.103 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e2a9',
    500: '#dcd685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd685;
$custom-light: #e8e2a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86293,
    "c": 0.10262,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD685

secondary

#5259B3

accent

#2EC323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD685

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

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