#DCD86F#DCD86F

#DCD86F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.128 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD86F
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 111)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 49.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.73, -12.67, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.73, 53.27, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.037 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.128 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.9417, 65.4766, 24.6746)
Luminance	0.6548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD86F #6F73DC

analogous

#DCA16F #DCD86F #AADC6F

triadic

#DCD86F #6FDCD8 #D86FDC

tetradic

#DCD86F #6FDCA1 #6F73DC #DC6FAA

square

#DCD86F #6FDCA1 #6F73DC #DC6FAA

split-complementary

#DCD86F #6FAADC #A16FDC

monochromatic

#A8A329 #D0CB3E #DCD86F #E8E5A0 #F4F3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD86F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#DCD86F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD86F

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD86F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD86F	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D165

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd86f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.128 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e39b',
    500: '#dcd86f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd86f;
$custom-light: #e9e39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd86f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.798,
    "s": 60.894,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86395,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD86F

secondary

#4548AB

accent

#23C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD86F

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

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