#DCD87C#DCD87C

#DCD87C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.115 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD87C
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 124)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 44%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 43.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.89, -11.46, 45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.89, 47.09, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.0323 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.115 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.7103, 65.7840, 28.7224)
Luminance	0.6578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD87C #7C80DC

analogous

#DCA87C #DCD87C #B0DC7C

triadic

#DCD87C #7CDCD8 #D87CDC

tetradic

#DCD87C #7CDCA8 #7C80DC #DC7CB0

square

#DCD87C #7CDCA8 #7C80DC #DC7CB0

split-complementary

#DCD87C #7CB0DC #A87CDC

monochromatic

#AFAA2F #CFCA4C #DCD87C #E9E6AC #F6F5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD87C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#DCD87C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD87C

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD87C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD87C	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd87c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.115 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3a3',
    500: '#dcd87c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd87c;
$custom-light: #e8e3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd87c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 57.831,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86571,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD87C

secondary

#4B4FB1

accent

#27C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD87C

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

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