#DCD86A#DCD86A

#DCD86A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.133 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD86A
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 106)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 51.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.67, -13.10, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.67, 55.57, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0387 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.133 107)
XYZ	xyz(56.6741, 65.3696, 23.2650)
Luminance	0.6537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD86A #6A6EDC

analogous

#DC9F6A #DCD86A #A7DC6A

triadic

#DCD86A #6ADCD8 #D86ADC

tetradic

#DCD86A #6ADC9F #6A6EDC #DC6AA7

square

#DCD86A #6ADC9F #6A6EDC #DC6AA7

split-complementary

#DCD86A #6AA7DC #9F6ADC

monochromatic

#A5A027 #D0CB38 #DCD86A #E8E59C #F3F2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD86A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#DCD86A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD86A

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD86A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD86A	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd86a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.133 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e397',
    500: '#dcd86a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd86a;
$custom-light: #e9e397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd86a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.895,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86334,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.65368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD86A

secondary

#4246A8

accent

#22CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD86A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →