#DCD986#DCD986

#DCD986 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.105 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD986
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 134)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 39.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.28, -10.93, 41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.28, 42.65, 104.85°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0299 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.105 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.6320, 66.5639, 32.3091)
Luminance	0.6656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD986 #8689DC

analogous

#DCAE86 #DCD986 #B4DC86

triadic

#DCD986 #86DCD9 #D986DC

tetradic

#DCD986 #86DCAE #8689DC #DC86B4

square

#DCD986 #86DCAE #8689DC #DC86B4

split-complementary

#DCD986 #86B4DC #AE86DC

monochromatic

#B4AF34 #CECA57 #DCD986 #EAE8B5 #F7F7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#DCD986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD986

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD986	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)

#E6D380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D78A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.105 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4aa',
    500: '#dcd986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd986;
$custom-light: #e8e4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.907,
    "s": 55.128,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86931,
    "c": 0.10486,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD986

secondary

#5357B3

accent

#28C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD986

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

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