#DCD689#DCD689

#DCD689 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.098 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD689
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 137)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 37.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.54, -9.09, 38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.54, 39.83, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(86.36% -0.0244 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(86.36% 0.098 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.0780, 65.1163, 33.1713)
Luminance	0.6512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD689 #898FDC

analogous

#DCAD89 #DCD689 #B8DC89

triadic

#DCD689 #89DCD6 #D689DC

tetradic

#DCD689 #89DCAD #898FDC #DC89B8

square

#DCD689 #89DCAD #898FDC #DC89B8

split-complementary

#DCD689 #89B8DC #AD89DC

monochromatic

#B5AC36 #CEC65A #DCD689 #EAE6B8 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#DCD689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD689

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD689	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)

#E3D183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D58C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.098 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e2ac',
    500: '#dcd689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd689;
$custom-light: #e8e2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.663,
    "s": 54.248,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86358,
    "c": 0.09812,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD689

secondary

#565DB3

accent

#2FC224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD689

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

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