#DCD88E#DCD88E

#DCD88E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.095 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD88E
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 142)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -9.54, 37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 38.23, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(86.86% -0.0254 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(86.86% 0.095 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.9543, 66.2816, 35.2740)
Luminance	0.6628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD88E #8E92DC

analogous

#DCB18E #DCD88E #B9DC8E

triadic

#DCD88E #8EDCD8 #D88EDC

tetradic

#DCD88E #8EDCB1 #8E92DC #DC8EB9

square

#DCD88E #8EDCB1 #8E92DC #DC8EB9

split-complementary

#DCD88E #8EB9DC #B18EDC

monochromatic

#B7B039 #CEC85F #DCD88E #EAE8BD #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD88E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#DCD88E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD88E

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD88E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD88E	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd88e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.095 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3b0',
    500: '#dcd88e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd88e;
$custom-light: #e8e3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd88e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86855,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD88E

secondary

#5B5FB3

accent

#2DC025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD88E

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

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