#DCD88A#DCD88A

#DCD88A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.099 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD88A
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 138)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.08, -9.99, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.08, 40.22, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(86.79% -0.0269 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(86.79% 0.099 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.6593, 66.1637, 33.7206)
Luminance	0.6616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD88A #8A8EDC

analogous

#DCAF8A #DCD88A #B7DC8A

triadic

#DCD88A #8ADCD8 #D88ADC

tetradic

#DCD88A #8ADCAF #8A8EDC #DC8AB7

square

#DCD88A #8ADCAF #8A8EDC #DC8AB7

split-complementary

#DCD88A #8AB7DC #AF8ADC

monochromatic

#B5AF36 #CEC85B #DCD88A #EAE8B9 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD88A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#DCD88A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD88A

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD88A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD88A	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D68D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd88a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.099 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3ad',
    500: '#dcd88a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd88a;
$custom-light: #e8e3ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd88a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86788,
    "c": 0.09923,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD88A

secondary

#575CB3

accent

#2CC124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD88A

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

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