#DCD199#DCD199

#DCD199 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.074 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD199
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.50, -4.64, 29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.50, 29.58, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0107 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.074 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.0660, 63.1179, 39.2550)
Luminance	0.6312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD199 #99A4DC

analogous

#DCAF99 #DCD199 #C5DC99

triadic

#DCD199 #99DCD1 #D199DC

tetradic

#DCD199 #99DCAF #99A4DC #DC99C5

square

#DCD199 #99DCAF #99A4DC #DC99C5

split-complementary

#DCD199 #99C5DC #AF99DC

monochromatic

#BBA640 #CCBC6B #DCD199 #ECE6C7 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#DCD199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD199

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD199	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)

#DCCE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.074 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dfb7',
    500: '#dcd199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd199;
$custom-light: #e7dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85619,
    "c": 0.07399,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD199

secondary

#6572B4

accent

#41BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD199

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

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