#DCD196#DCD196

#DCD196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.078 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD196
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, -5.01, 30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 31.11, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(85.56% -0.0119 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(85.56% 0.078 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.8213, 63.0200, 37.9664)
Luminance	0.6302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD196 #96A1DC

analogous

#DCAE96 #DCD196 #C4DC96

triadic

#DCD196 #96DCD1 #D196DC

tetradic

#DCD196 #96DCAE #96A1DC #DC96C4

square

#DCD196 #96DCAE #96A1DC #DC96C4

split-complementary

#DCD196 #96C4DC #AE96DC

monochromatic

#BAA63E #CDBD68 #DCD196 #EBE5C4 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#DCD196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD196

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD196	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCD92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.078 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dfb5',
    500: '#dcd196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd196;
$custom-light: #e7dfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85561,
    "c": 0.07758,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD196

secondary

#636FB4

accent

#40BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD196

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

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