#DCDE87#DCDE87

#DCDE87 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.110 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDE87
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 135)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(61, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 39.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.61, -13.33, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.61, 44.46, 107.45°)
OKLab	oklab(87.99% -0.0367 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(87.99% 0.11 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.0104, 69.2086, 33.1143)
Luminance	0.6921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDE87 #8987DE

analogous

#DEB487 #DCDE87 #B1DE87

triadic

#DCDE87 #87DCDE #DE87DC

tetradic

#DCDE87 #87DEB4 #8987DE #DE87B1

square

#DCDE87 #87DEB4 #8987DE #DE87B1

split-complementary

#DCDE87 #87B1DE #B487DE

monochromatic

#B5B833 #CED157 #DCDE87 #EAEBB7 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DCDE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#DCDE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDE87

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDE87	1.00	1.41	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDA8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcde87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.110 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e8ab',
    500: '#dcde87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcde87;
$custom-light: #e8e8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcde87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.379,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87988,
    "c": 0.10957,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDE87

secondary

#5654B5

accent

#21C425

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDE87

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

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