#DCD985#DCD985

#DCD985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.106 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD985
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 133)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 39.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.27, -11.04, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.27, 43.14, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.0303 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.106 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.5626, 66.5361, 31.9435)
Luminance	0.6653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD985 #8588DC

analogous

#DCAE85 #DCD985 #B4DC85

triadic

#DCD985 #85DCD9 #D985DC

tetradic

#DCD985 #85DCAE #8588DC #DC85B4

square

#DCD985 #85DCAE #8588DC #DC85B4

split-complementary

#DCD985 #85B4DC #AE85DC

monochromatic

#B3AF33 #CECA55 #DCD985 #EAE8B5 #F7F7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#DCD985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD985

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD985	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D37F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.106 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4a9',
    500: '#dcd985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd985;
$custom-light: #e8e4a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86915,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD985

secondary

#5256B3

accent

#28C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD985

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

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