#DCD686#DCD686

#DCD686 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.102 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD686
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 134)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 39.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.50, -9.42, 40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.50, 41.32, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.0256 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.102 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.8658, 65.0314, 32.0537)
Luminance	0.6503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD686 #868CDC

analogous

#DCAB86 #DCD686 #B7DC86

triadic

#DCD686 #86DCD6 #D686DC

tetradic

#DCD686 #86DCAB #868CDC #DC86B7

square

#DCD686 #86DCAB #868CDC #DC86B7

split-complementary

#DCD686 #86B7DC #AB86DC

monochromatic

#B4AB34 #CEC657 #DCD686 #EAE6B5 #F7F6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#DCD686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD686

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD686	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.102 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e2aa',
    500: '#dcd686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd686;
$custom-light: #e8e2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 55.128,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86309,
    "c": 0.1015,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD686

secondary

#535AB3

accent

#2EC323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD686

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

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