#DCD688#DCD688

#DCD688 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.099 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD688
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 136)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 38.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.53, -9.20, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.53, 40.32, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(86.34% -0.0248 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(86.34% 0.099 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.0066, 65.0877, 32.7953)
Luminance	0.6509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD688 #888EDC

analogous

#DCAC88 #DCD688 #B8DC88

triadic

#DCD688 #88DCD6 #D688DC

tetradic

#DCD688 #88DCAC #888EDC #DC88B8

square

#DCD688 #88DCAC #888EDC #DC88B8

split-complementary

#DCD688 #88B8DC #AC88DC

monochromatic

#B5AB35 #CEC659 #DCD688 #EAE6B7 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD688 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#DCD688 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD688

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD688	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD688	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D58B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd688;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.099 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e2ab',
    500: '#dcd688',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd688;
$custom-light: #e8e2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd688",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86341,
    "c": 0.09926,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD688

secondary

#555CB3

accent

#2FC223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD688

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

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