#DCD397#DCD397

#DCD397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.079 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD397
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.99, -5.92, 30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.99, 31.46, 100.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.0145 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.079 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.3959, 64.0399, 38.5569)
Luminance	0.6404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD397 #97A0DC

analogous

#DCB097 #DCD397 #C2DC97

triadic

#DCD397 #97DCD3 #D397DC

tetradic

#DCD397 #97DCB0 #97A0DC #DC97C2

square

#DCD397 #97DCB0 #97A0DC #DC97C2

split-complementary

#DCD397 #97C2DC #B097DC

monochromatic

#BAAA3F #CDC069 #DCD397 #EBE6C5 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#DCD397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD397

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD397	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.079 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e0b6',
    500: '#dcd397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd397;
$custom-light: #e7e0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85989,
    "c": 0.0785,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD397

secondary

#646EB4

accent

#3CBD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD397

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

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