#DCD989#DCD989

#DCD989 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.102 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD989
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 137)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 37.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.33, -10.61, 39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.33, 41.17, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.98% -0.0288 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(86.98% 0.102 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.8442, 66.6488, 33.4268)
Luminance	0.6665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD989 #898CDC

analogous

#DCAF89 #DCD989 #B6DC89

triadic

#DCD989 #89DCD9 #D989DC

tetradic

#DCD989 #89DCAF #898CDC #DC89B6

square

#DCD989 #89DCAF #898CDC #DC89B6

split-complementary

#DCD989 #89B6DC #AF89DC

monochromatic

#B5B036 #CECA5A #DCD989 #EAE8B8 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#DCD989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD989

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD989	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D78C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.102 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4ac',
    500: '#dcd989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd989;
$custom-light: #e8e4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.831,
    "s": 54.248,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86979,
    "c": 0.1015,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD989

secondary

#5659B3

accent

#29C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD989

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

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