#DCD86C#DCD86C

#DCD86C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.131 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD86C
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 108)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 50.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.70, -12.93, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.70, 54.66, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.36% -0.038 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(86.36% 0.131 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.7793, 65.4116, 23.8192)
Luminance	0.6541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD86C #6C70DC

analogous

#DCA06C #DCD86C #A8DC6C

triadic

#DCD86C #6CDCD8 #D86CDC

tetradic

#DCD86C #6CDCA0 #6C70DC #DC6CA8

square

#DCD86C #6CDCA0 #6C70DC #DC6CA8

split-complementary

#DCD86C #6CA8DC #A06CDC

monochromatic

#A6A228 #D0CB3B #DCD86C #E8E59D #F4F2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#DCD86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD86C

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD86C	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.131 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e399',
    500: '#dcd86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd86c;
$custom-light: #e9e399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86358,
    "c": 0.13071,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD86C

secondary

#4347A9

accent

#22C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD86C

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

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