#DCD197#DCD197

#DCD197 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.076 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD197
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 151)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.47, -4.89, 30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.47, 30.60, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% -0.0115 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.076 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.9022, 63.0523, 38.3923)
Luminance	0.6305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD197 #97A2DC

analogous

#DCAF97 #DCD197 #C4DC97

triadic

#DCD197 #97DCD1 #D197DC

tetradic

#DCD197 #97DCAF #97A2DC #DC97C4

square

#DCD197 #97DCAF #97A2DC #DC97C4

split-complementary

#DCD197 #97C4DC #AF97DC

monochromatic

#BAA63F #CDBD69 #DCD197 #EBE5C5 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#DCD197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD197

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD197	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.076 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dfb6',
    500: '#dcd197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd197;
$custom-light: #e7dfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8558,
    "c": 0.0764,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD197

secondary

#6470B4

accent

#40BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD197

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

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