#DCD987#DCD987

#DCD987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.104 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD987
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 135)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 38.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.30, -10.82, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.30, 42.16, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.95% -0.0296 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(86.95% 0.104 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.7021, 66.5919, 32.6782)
Luminance	0.6659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD987 #878ADC

analogous

#DCAE87 #DCD987 #B5DC87

triadic

#DCD987 #87DCD9 #D987DC

tetradic

#DCD987 #87DCAE #878ADC #DC87B5

square

#DCD987 #87DCAE #878ADC #DC87B5

split-complementary

#DCD987 #87B5DC #AE87DC

monochromatic

#B4B035 #CECA58 #DCD987 #EAE8B6 #F8F7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#DCD987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD987

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD987	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D78A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.104 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4ab',
    500: '#dcd987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd987;
$custom-light: #e8e4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.882,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86947,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD987

secondary

#5458B3

accent

#29C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD987

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

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