#DCD88D#DCD88D

#DCD88D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.096 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD88D
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 141)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.12, -9.65, 37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.12, 38.73, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% -0.0258 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.096 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.8795, 66.2517, 34.8803)
Luminance	0.6625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD88D #8D91DC

analogous

#DCB08D #DCD88D #B8DC8D

triadic

#DCD88D #8DDCD8 #D88DDC

tetradic

#DCD88D #8DDCB0 #8D91DC #DC8DB8

square

#DCD88D #8DDCB0 #8D91DC #DC8DB8

split-complementary

#DCD88D #8DB8DC #B08DDC

monochromatic

#B7B038 #CEC85E #DCD88D #EAE8BC #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD88D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#DCD88D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD88D

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD88D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD88D	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd88d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.096 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3af',
    500: '#dcd88d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd88d;
$custom-light: #e8e3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd88d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.962,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86838,
    "c": 0.0958,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD88D

secondary

#5A5EB3

accent

#2DC025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD88D

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

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