#DCD495#DCD495

#DCD495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.082 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD495
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 149)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 32.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, -6.67, 32.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 32.91, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.0168 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.082 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.4841, 64.4739, 37.7918)
Luminance	0.6447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD495 #959DDC

analogous

#DCB095 #DCD495 #C1DC95

triadic

#DCD495 #95DCD4 #D495DC

tetradic

#DCD495 #95DCB0 #959DDC #DC95C1

square

#DCD495 #95DCB0 #959DDC #DC95C1

split-complementary

#DCD495 #95C1DC #B095DC

monochromatic

#B9AB3D #CDC167 #DCD495 #EBE7C3 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#DCD495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD495

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD495	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)

#DFD091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.082 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1b4',
    500: '#dcd495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd495;
$custom-light: #e7e1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86156,
    "c": 0.08196,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD495

secondary

#626BB4

accent

#39BE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD495

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

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