#DCD87D#DCD87D

#DCD87D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.114 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD87D
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 125)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 43.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -11.36, 45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 46.61, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0319 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.114 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.7739, 65.8095, 29.0572)
Luminance	0.6581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD87D #7D81DC

analogous

#DCA97D #DCD87D #B0DC7D

triadic

#DCD87D #7DDCD8 #D87DDC

tetradic

#DCD87D #7DDCA9 #7D81DC #DC7DB0

square

#DCD87D #7DDCA9 #7D81DC #DC7DB0

split-complementary

#DCD87D #7DB0DC #A97DDC

monochromatic

#AFAA2F #CFCA4D #DCD87D #E9E6AD #F6F5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD87D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#DCD87D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD87D

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD87D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD87D	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)

#E6D276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd87d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.114 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3a4',
    500: '#dcd87d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd87d;
$custom-light: #e8e3a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd87d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.474,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86586,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD87D

secondary

#4C50B2

accent

#27C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD87D

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

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