#DCD393#DCD393

#DCD393 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.083 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD393
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 147)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 33.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.92, -6.40, 32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.92, 33.49, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.0161 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.083 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.0766, 63.9121, 36.8750)
Luminance	0.6391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD393 #939CDC

analogous

#DCAF93 #DCD393 #C1DC93

triadic

#DCD393 #93DCD3 #D393DC

tetradic

#DCD393 #93DCAF #939CDC #DC93C1

square

#DCD393 #93DCAF #939CDC #DC93C1

split-complementary

#DCD393 #93C1DC #AF93DC

monochromatic

#B9A93C #CDC065 #DCD393 #EBE6C1 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD393 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#DCD393 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD393

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD393	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD393	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCF8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd393;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.083 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0b3',
    500: '#dcd393',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd393;
$custom-light: #e8e0b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd393",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.603,
    "s": 51.049,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85915,
    "c": 0.08326,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD393

secondary

#606AB4

accent

#3ABE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD393

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

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