#DCC98E#DCC98E

#DCC98E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.079 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC98E
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 142)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -1.85, 31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 31.99, 93.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0032 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.079 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.2853, 58.9437, 34.0510)
Luminance	0.5894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC98E #8EA1DC

analogous

#DCA28E #DCC98E #C8DC8E

triadic

#DCC98E #8EDCC9 #C98EDC

tetradic

#DCC98E #8EDCA2 #8EA1DC #DC8EC8

square

#DCC98E #8EDCA2 #8EA1DC #DC8EC8

split-complementary

#DCC98E #8EC8DC #A28EDC

monochromatic

#B79839 #CEB35F #DCC98E #EADFBD #F8F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DCC98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#DCC98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC98E

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC98E	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C78A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACC90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.079 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9af',
    500: '#dcc98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc98e;
$custom-light: #e8d9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.385,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83786,
    "c": 0.07942,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC98E

secondary

#5B70B3

accent

#4BC025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC98E

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

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