#DCD294#DCD294

#DCD294 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.081 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD294
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 148)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 32.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -5.77, 32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 32.55, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.0142 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.081 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.9077, 63.4483, 37.2075)
Luminance	0.6345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD294 #949EDC

analogous

#DCAE94 #DCD294 #C2DC94

triadic

#DCD294 #94DCD2 #D294DC

tetradic

#DCD294 #94DCAE #949EDC #DC94C2

square

#DCD294 #94DCAE #949EDC #DC94C2

split-complementary

#DCD294 #94C2DC #AE94DC

monochromatic

#B9A83D #CDBF66 #DCD294 #EBE5C2 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD294 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#DCD294 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD294

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD294	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD294	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd294;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.081 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfb4',
    500: '#dcd294',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd294;
$custom-light: #e8dfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd294",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85728,
    "c": 0.08101,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD294

secondary

#616CB4

accent

#3CBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD294

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

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