#DCD398#DCD398

#DCD398 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.077 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD398
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 152)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 30.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.00, -5.79, 30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.00, 30.95, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.0141 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.077 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.4775, 64.0725, 38.9864)
Luminance	0.6407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD398 #98A1DC

analogous

#DCB198 #DCD398 #C3DC98

triadic

#DCD398 #98DCD3 #D398DC

tetradic

#DCD398 #98DCB1 #98A1DC #DC98C3

square

#DCD398 #98DCB1 #98A1DC #DC98C3

split-complementary

#DCD398 #98C3DC #B198DC

monochromatic

#BAAA3F #CCBF6A #DCD398 #ECE7C6 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#DCD398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD398

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD398	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)

#DECF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.077 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e0b6',
    500: '#dcd398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd398;
$custom-light: #e7e0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 49.275,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86008,
    "c": 0.07729,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD398

secondary

#646FB4

accent

#3CBD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD398

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

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