#DCD497#DCD497

#DCD497 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.080 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD497
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.25, -6.43, 31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.25, 31.89, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.19% -0.016 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(86.19% 0.08 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.6451, 64.5383, 38.6400)
Luminance	0.6454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD497 #979FDC

analogous

#DCB197 #DCD497 #C2DC97

triadic

#DCD497 #97DCD4 #D497DC

tetradic

#DCD497 #97DCB1 #979FDC #DC97C2

square

#DCD497 #97DCB1 #979FDC #DC97C2

split-complementary

#DCD497 #97C2DC #B197DC

monochromatic

#BAAC3F #CDC169 #DCD497 #EBE7C5 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#DCD497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD497

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD497	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.080 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1b6',
    500: '#dcd497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd497;
$custom-light: #e7e1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86194,
    "c": 0.07958,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD497

secondary

#646DB4

accent

#3ABD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD497

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

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