#DCD298#DCD298

#DCD298 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.076 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD298
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 152)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 30.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -5.28, 30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 30.52, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.0126 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.076 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.2298, 63.5772, 38.9039)
Luminance	0.6358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD298 #98A2DC

analogous

#DCB098 #DCD298 #C4DC98

triadic

#DCD298 #98DCD2 #D298DC

tetradic

#DCD298 #98DCB0 #98A2DC #DC98C4

square

#DCD298 #98DCB0 #98A2DC #DC98C4

split-complementary

#DCD298 #98C4DC #B098DC

monochromatic

#BAA83F #CCBE6A #DCD298 #ECE6C6 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD298 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#DCD298 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD298

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD298	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD298	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd298;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.076 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dfb6',
    500: '#dcd298',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd298;
$custom-light: #e7dfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd298",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 49.275,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85804,
    "c": 0.07623,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD298

secondary

#6470B4

accent

#3FBD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD298

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

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