#DCD87E#DCD87E

#DCD87E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.112 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD87E
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 126)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 42.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.91, -11.26, 44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.91, 46.12, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0315 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.112 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.8381, 65.8351, 29.3953)
Luminance	0.6583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD87E #7E82DC

analogous

#DCA97E #DCD87E #B1DC7E

triadic

#DCD87E #7EDCD8 #D87EDC

tetradic

#DCD87E #7EDCA9 #7E82DC #DC7EB1

square

#DCD87E #7EDCA9 #7E82DC #DC7EB1

split-complementary

#DCD87E #7EB1DC #A97EDC

monochromatic

#B0AA30 #CFC94E #DCD87E #E9E7AE #F6F5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD87E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#DCD87E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD87E

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD87E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD87E	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd87e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.112 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3a5',
    500: '#dcd87e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd87e;
$custom-light: #e8e3a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd87e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.866,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD87E

secondary

#4C50B2

accent

#28C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD87E

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

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