#DCD86D#DCD86D

#DCD86D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.130 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD86D
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 109)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -12.85, 52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 54.19, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(86.37% -0.0377 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(86.37% 0.13 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8328, 65.4331, 24.1011)
Luminance	0.6543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD86D #6D71DC

analogous

#DCA16D #DCD86D #A9DC6D

triadic

#DCD86D #6DDCD8 #D86DDC

tetradic

#DCD86D #6DDCA1 #6D71DC #DC6DA9

square

#DCD86D #6DDCA1 #6D71DC #DC6DA9

split-complementary

#DCD86D #6DA9DC #A16DDC

monochromatic

#A7A228 #D0CB3C #DCD86D #E8E59E #F4F2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#DCD86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD86D

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD86D	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.130 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e399',
    500: '#dcd86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd86d;
$custom-light: #e9e399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.838,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8637,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD86D

secondary

#4447AA

accent

#23C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD86D

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

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