#DCD396#DCD396

#DCD396 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.080 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD396
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.97, -6.04, 31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.97, 31.96, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.97% -0.0149 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(85.97% 0.08 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.3151, 64.0075, 38.1310)
Luminance	0.6401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD396 #969FDC

analogous

#DCB096 #DCD396 #C2DC96

triadic

#DCD396 #96DCD3 #D396DC

tetradic

#DCD396 #96DCB0 #969FDC #DC96C2

square

#DCD396 #96DCB0 #969FDC #DC96C2

split-complementary

#DCD396 #96C2DC #B096DC

monochromatic

#BAAA3E #CDC068 #DCD396 #EBE6C4 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#DCD396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD396

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD396	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.080 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e0b5',
    500: '#dcd396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd396;
$custom-light: #e7e0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8597,
    "c": 0.07969,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD396

secondary

#636DB4

accent

#3BBD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD396

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

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