#DCD194#DCD194

#DCD194 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.080 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD194
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 148)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 32.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -5.26, 31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 32.12, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.0127 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.08 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.6616, 62.9561, 37.1255)
Luminance	0.6296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD194 #949FDC

analogous

#DCAD94 #DCD194 #C3DC94

triadic

#DCD194 #94DCD1 #D194DC

tetradic

#DCD194 #94DCAD #949FDC #DC94C3

square

#DCD194 #94DCAD #949FDC #DC94C3

split-complementary

#DCD194 #94C3DC #AD94DC

monochromatic

#B9A63D #CDBD66 #DCD194 #EBE5C2 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD194 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#DCD194 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD194

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD194	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD194	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCD90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd194;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.080 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfb4',
    500: '#dcd194',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd194;
$custom-light: #e8dfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd194",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85524,
    "c": 0.07997,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD194

secondary

#616DB4

accent

#3EBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD194

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

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