#DCD097#DCD097

#DCD097 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.075 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD097
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 151)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -4.38, 29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 30.18, 98.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.38% -0.01 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(85.38% 0.075 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.6576, 62.5632, 38.3108)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD097 #97A3DC

analogous

#DCAD97 #DCD097 #C5DC97

triadic

#DCD097 #97DCD0 #D097DC

tetradic

#DCD097 #97DCAD #97A3DC #DC97C5

square

#DCD097 #97DCAD #97A3DC #DC97C5

split-complementary

#DCD097 #97C5DC #AD97DC

monochromatic

#BAA53F #CDBB69 #DCD097 #EBE5C5 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#DCD097 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD097

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD097	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.075 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7deb6',
    500: '#dcd097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd097;
$custom-light: #e7deb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85377,
    "c": 0.07537,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD097

secondary

#6471B4

accent

#42BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD097

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

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