#DCD86E#DCD86E

#DCD86E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.129 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD86E
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 110)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 50%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.72, -12.76, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.72, 53.73, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.0374 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.129 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8870, 65.4547, 24.3862)
Luminance	0.6545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD86E #6E72DC

analogous

#DCA16E #DCD86E #A9DC6E

triadic

#DCD86E #6EDCD8 #D86EDC

tetradic

#DCD86E #6EDCA1 #6E72DC #DC6EA9

square

#DCD86E #6EDCA1 #6E72DC #DC6EA9

split-complementary

#DCD86E #6EA9DC #A16EDC

monochromatic

#A7A328 #D0CB3D #DCD86E #E8E59F #F4F3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#DCD86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD86E

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD86E	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)

#E7D164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.129 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e39a',
    500: '#dcd86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd86e;
$custom-light: #e9e39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86382,
    "c": 0.12879,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD86E

secondary

#4448AA

accent

#23C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD86E

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

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