#DCD494#DCD494

#DCD494 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.083 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD494
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 148)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 32.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -6.79, 32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 33.42, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.14% -0.0172 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(86.14% 0.083 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.4046, 64.4421, 37.3732)
Luminance	0.6444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD494 #949CDC

analogous

#DCB094 #DCD494 #C0DC94

triadic

#DCD494 #94DCD4 #D494DC

tetradic

#DCD494 #94DCB0 #949CDC #DC94C0

square

#DCD494 #94DCB0 #949CDC #DC94C0

split-complementary

#DCD494 #94C0DC #B094DC

monochromatic

#B9AB3D #CDC166 #DCD494 #EBE7C2 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#DCD494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD494

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD494	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.083 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1b4',
    500: '#dcd494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd494;
$custom-light: #e8e1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86138,
    "c": 0.08315,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD494

secondary

#616AB4

accent

#38BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD494

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

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