#DCD496#DCD496

#DCD496 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.081 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD496
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.23, -6.55, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.23, 32.40, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.0164 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.081 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.5643, 64.5059, 38.2141)
Luminance	0.6451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD496 #969EDC

analogous

#DCB196 #DCD496 #C1DC96

triadic

#DCD496 #96DCD4 #D496DC

tetradic

#DCD496 #96DCB1 #969EDC #DC96C1

square

#DCD496 #96DCB1 #969EDC #DC96C1

split-complementary

#DCD496 #96C1DC #B196DC

monochromatic

#BAAC3E #CDC168 #DCD496 #EBE7C4 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#DCD496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD496

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD496	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.081 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1b5',
    500: '#dcd496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd496;
$custom-light: #e7e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86175,
    "c": 0.08077,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD496

secondary

#636CB4

accent

#39BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD496

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

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