#DCDA85#DCDA85

#DCDA85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.107 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA85
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 133)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 39.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.53, -11.54, 42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.53, 43.60, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(87.12% -0.0318 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(87.12% 0.107 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.8211, 67.0532, 32.0297)
Luminance	0.6705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA85 #8587DC

analogous

#DCAF85 #DCDA85 #B3DC85

triadic

#DCDA85 #85DCDA #DA85DC

tetradic

#DCDA85 #85DCAF #8587DC #DC85B3

square

#DCDA85 #85DCAF #8587DC #DC85B3

split-complementary

#DCDA85 #85B3DC #AF85DC

monochromatic

#B3B033 #CECC55 #DCDA85 #EAE8B5 #F7F7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDA85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#DCDA85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA85

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA85	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D47E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.107 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e5aa',
    500: '#dcda85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda85;
$custom-light: #e8e5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.621,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87123,
    "c": 0.1071,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA85

secondary

#5255B3

accent

#26C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA85

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

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