#DCD099#DCD099

#DCD099 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.073 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD099
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 153)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.25, -4.12, 28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.25, 29.16, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.0092 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.073 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.8214, 62.6287, 39.1735)
Luminance	0.6263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD099 #99A5DC

analogous

#DCAE99 #DCD099 #C6DC99

triadic

#DCD099 #99DCD0 #D099DC

tetradic

#DCD099 #99DCAE #99A5DC #DC99C6

square

#DCD099 #99DCAE #99A5DC #DC99C6

split-complementary

#DCD099 #99C6DC #AE99DC

monochromatic

#BBA540 #CCBB6B #DCD099 #ECE5C7 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#DCD099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD099

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD099	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.073 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7deb7',
    500: '#dcd099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd099;
$custom-light: #e7deb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85415,
    "c": 0.07298,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD099

secondary

#6573B4

accent

#44BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD099

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

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