#DCC98D#DCC98D

#DCC98D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.081 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC98D
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 141)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, -1.97, 32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 32.49, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.0036 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.081 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.2105, 58.9138, 33.6573)
Luminance	0.5891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC98D #8DA0DC

analogous

#DCA18D #DCC98D #C7DC8D

triadic

#DCC98D #8DDCC9 #C98DDC

tetradic

#DCC98D #8DDCA1 #8DA0DC #DC8DC7

square

#DCC98D #8DDCA1 #8DA0DC #DC8DC7

split-complementary

#DCC98D #8DC7DC #A18DDC

monochromatic

#B79838 #CEB35E #DCC98D #EADFBC #F8F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DCC98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#DCC98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC98D

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC98D	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCC8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.081 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9af',
    500: '#dcc98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc98d;
$custom-light: #e8d9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.57,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83768,
    "c": 0.08056,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC98D

secondary

#5A6FB3

accent

#4AC025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC98D

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

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