#DCD87A#DCD87A

#DCD87A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.117 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD87A
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 122)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 44.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -11.66, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 48.05, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% -0.0331 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.117 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.5851, 65.7340, 28.0631)
Luminance	0.6573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD87A #7A7EDC

analogous

#DCA77A #DCD87A #AFDC7A

triadic

#DCD87A #7ADCD8 #D87ADC

tetradic

#DCD87A #7ADCA7 #7A7EDC #DC7AAF

square

#DCD87A #7ADCA7 #7A7EDC #DC7AAF

split-complementary

#DCD87A #7AAFDC #A77ADC

monochromatic

#AEA92E #CFCA4A #DCD87A #E9E6AA #F6F4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD87A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#DCD87A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD87A

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD87A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD87A	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D67E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd87a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.117 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3a2',
    500: '#dcd87a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd87a;
$custom-light: #e8e3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd87a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86543,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD87A

secondary

#4A4EB0

accent

#26C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD87A

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

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