#DCD787#DCD787

#DCD787 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.101 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD787
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 135)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 38.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -9.82, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 41.26, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.0267 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.101 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.1897, 65.5672, 32.5074)
Luminance	0.6557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD787 #878CDC

analogous

#DCAD87 #DCD787 #B6DC87

triadic

#DCD787 #87DCD7 #D787DC

tetradic

#DCD787 #87DCAD #878CDC #DC87B6

square

#DCD787 #87DCAD #878CDC #DC87B6

split-complementary

#DCD787 #87B6DC #AD87DC

monochromatic

#B4AD35 #CEC758 #DCD787 #EAE7B6 #F8F7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD787 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#DCD787 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD787

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD787	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD787	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D68A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd787;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.101 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3ab',
    500: '#dcd787',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd787;
$custom-light: #e8e3ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd787",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86532,
    "c": 0.10149,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD787

secondary

#545AB3

accent

#2DC223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD787

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

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