#DCDA87#DCDA87

#DCDA87 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.105 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA87
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 135)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 38.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.56, -11.33, 41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.56, 42.61, 105.42°)
OKLab	oklab(87.15% -0.031 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(87.15% 0.105 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.9606, 67.1090, 32.7644)
Luminance	0.6711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA87 #8789DC

analogous

#DCB087 #DCDA87 #B4DC87

triadic

#DCDA87 #87DCDA #DA87DC

tetradic

#DCDA87 #87DCB0 #8789DC #DC87B4

square

#DCDA87 #87DCB0 #8789DC #DC87B4

split-complementary

#DCDA87 #87B4DC #B087DC

monochromatic

#B4B135 #CECB58 #DCDA87 #EAE9B6 #F8F7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDA87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#DCDA87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA87

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA87	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)

#E7D481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D88B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.105 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e5ab',
    500: '#dcda87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda87;
$custom-light: #e8e5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.588,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87154,
    "c": 0.10489,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA87

secondary

#5456B3

accent

#27C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA87

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

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