#DCDA86#DCDA86

#DCDA86 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.106 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA86
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 134)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 39.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.54, -11.44, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.54, 43.10, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0314 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.106 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8906, 67.0810, 32.3953)
Luminance	0.6708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA86 #8688DC

analogous

#DCAF86 #DCDA86 #B3DC86

triadic

#DCDA86 #86DCDA #DA86DC

tetradic

#DCDA86 #86DCAF #8688DC #DC86B3

square

#DCDA86 #86DCAF #8688DC #DC86B3

split-complementary

#DCDA86 #86B3DC #AF86DC

monochromatic

#B4B134 #CECB57 #DCDA86 #EAE9B5 #F7F7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDA86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#DCDA86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA86

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA86	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D88A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.106 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e5aa',
    500: '#dcda86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda86;
$custom-light: #e8e5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 55.128,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87138,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA86

secondary

#5356B3

accent

#27C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA86

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

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