#DCD295#DCD295

#DCD295 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.080 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD295
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 149)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 32.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.69, -5.65, 31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.69, 32.04, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.75% -0.0138 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(85.75% 0.08 100)
XYZ	xyz(57.9872, 63.4801, 37.6262)
Luminance	0.6348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD295 #959FDC

analogous

#DCAE95 #DCD295 #C3DC95

triadic

#DCD295 #95DCD2 #D295DC

tetradic

#DCD295 #95DCAE #959FDC #DC95C3

square

#DCD295 #95DCAE #959FDC #DC95C3

split-complementary

#DCD295 #95C3DC #AE95DC

monochromatic

#B9A83D #CDBE67 #DCD295 #EBE6C3 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD295 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#DCD295 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD295

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD295	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD295	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCE91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd295;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.080 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dfb4',
    500: '#dcd295',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd295;
$custom-light: #e7dfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd295",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85747,
    "c": 0.07983,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.63479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD295

secondary

#626DB4

accent

#3DBE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD295

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

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