#DCD299#DCD299

#DCD299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.075 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD299
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, -5.15, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 30.01, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0122 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.075 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.3121, 63.6101, 39.3370)
Luminance	0.6361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD299 #99A3DC

analogous

#DCB099 #DCD299 #C4DC99

triadic

#DCD299 #99DCD2 #D299DC

tetradic

#DCD299 #99DCB0 #99A3DC #DC99C4

square

#DCD299 #99DCB0 #99A3DC #DC99C4

split-complementary

#DCD299 #99C4DC #B099DC

monochromatic

#BBA840 #CCBE6B #DCD299 #ECE6C7 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#DCD299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD299

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD299	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)

#DDCE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.075 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dfb7',
    500: '#dcd299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd299;
$custom-light: #e7dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85823,
    "c": 0.07503,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD299

secondary

#6571B4

accent

#3FBC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD299

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

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