#DCD394#DCD394

#DCD394 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.082 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD394
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 148)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 32.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.94, -6.28, 32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.94, 32.98, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0157 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.082 101)
XYZ	xyz(58.1554, 63.9437, 37.2901)
Luminance	0.6394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD394 #949DDC

analogous

#DCAF94 #DCD394 #C1DC94

triadic

#DCD394 #94DCD3 #D394DC

tetradic

#DCD394 #94DCAF #949DDC #DC94C1

square

#DCD394 #94DCAF #949DDC #DC94C1

split-complementary

#DCD394 #94C1DC #AF94DC

monochromatic

#B9A93D #CDC066 #DCD394 #EBE6C2 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD394 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#DCD394 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD394

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD394	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD394	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd394;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.082 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0b4',
    500: '#dcd394',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd394;
$custom-light: #e8e0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd394",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85933,
    "c": 0.08207,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.63942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD394

secondary

#616BB4

accent

#3ABE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD394

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

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