#DCD198#DCD198

#DCD198 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.075 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD198
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 152)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 30.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.49, -4.77, 29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.49, 30.09, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.0111 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.075 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.9837, 63.0850, 38.8218)
Luminance	0.6308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD198 #98A3DC

analogous

#DCAF98 #DCD198 #C5DC98

triadic

#DCD198 #98DCD1 #D198DC

tetradic

#DCD198 #98DCAF #98A3DC #DC98C5

square

#DCD198 #98DCAF #98A3DC #DC98C5

split-complementary

#DCD198 #98C5DC #AF98DC

monochromatic

#BAA63F #CCBD6A #DCD198 #ECE5C6 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#DCD198 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD198

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD198	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD29A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.075 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dfb6',
    500: '#dcd198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd198;
$custom-light: #e7dfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 49.275,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.856,
    "c": 0.07519,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD198

secondary

#6471B4

accent

#41BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD198

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

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