#DCD498#DCD498

#DCD498 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.078 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD498
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 152)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 30.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.26, -6.30, 30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.26, 31.38, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.0155 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.078 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.7267, 64.5709, 39.0695)
Luminance	0.6457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD498 #98A0DC

analogous

#DCB298 #DCD498 #C2DC98

triadic

#DCD498 #98DCD4 #D498DC

tetradic

#DCD498 #98DCB2 #98A0DC #DC98C2

square

#DCD498 #98DCB2 #98A0DC #DC98C2

split-complementary

#DCD498 #98C2DC #B298DC

monochromatic

#BAAC3F #CCC16A #DCD498 #ECE7C6 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#DCD498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD498

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD498	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)

#DFD094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.078 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1b6',
    500: '#dcd498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd498;
$custom-light: #e7e1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 49.275,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86213,
    "c": 0.07838,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD498

secondary

#646EB4

accent

#3ABD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD498

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

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