#DCD687#DCD687

#DCD687 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.100 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD687
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 135)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 38.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.51, -9.31, 39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.51, 40.82, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0252 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.1 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.9359, 65.0594, 32.4228)
Luminance	0.6506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD687 #878DDC

analogous

#DCAC87 #DCD687 #B7DC87

triadic

#DCD687 #87DCD6 #D687DC

tetradic

#DCD687 #87DCAC #878DDC #DC87B7

square

#DCD687 #87DCAC #878DDC #DC87B7

split-complementary

#DCD687 #87B7DC #AC87DC

monochromatic

#B4AB35 #CEC658 #DCD687 #EAE6B6 #F8F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD687 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#DCD687 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD687

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD687	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD687	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)

#E3D181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd687;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.100 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e2ab',
    500: '#dcd687',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd687;
$custom-light: #e8e2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd687",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.765,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86325,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD687

secondary

#545BB3

accent

#2EC223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD687

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

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