#DCD296#DCD296

#DCD296 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.079 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD296
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -5.53, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 31.53, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.0134 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.079 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.0674, 63.5122, 38.0485)
Luminance	0.6351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD296 #96A0DC

analogous

#DCAF96 #DCD296 #C3DC96

triadic

#DCD296 #96DCD2 #D296DC

tetradic

#DCD296 #96DCAF #96A0DC #DC96C3

square

#DCD296 #96DCAF #96A0DC #DC96C3

split-complementary

#DCD296 #96C3DC #AF96DC

monochromatic

#BAA83E #CDBE68 #DCD296 #EBE6C4 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#DCD296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD296

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD296	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)

#DDCE92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.079 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dfb5',
    500: '#dcd296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd296;
$custom-light: #e7dfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85766,
    "c": 0.07863,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD296

secondary

#636EB4

accent

#3DBD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD296

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

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