#DCD499#DCD499

#DCD499 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.077 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD499
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.28, -6.18, 30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.28, 30.88, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(86.23% -0.0151 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(86.23% 0.077 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.8089, 64.6038, 39.5026)
Luminance	0.6460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD499 #99A1DC

analogous

#DCB299 #DCD499 #C2DC99

triadic

#DCD499 #99DCD4 #D499DC

tetradic

#DCD499 #99DCB2 #99A1DC #DC99C2

square

#DCD499 #99DCB2 #99A1DC #DC99C2

split-complementary

#DCD499 #99C2DC #B299DC

monochromatic

#BBAC40 #CCC16B #DCD499 #ECE7C7 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#DCD499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD499

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD499	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.077 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1b7',
    500: '#dcd499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd499;
$custom-light: #e7e1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86232,
    "c": 0.07717,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD499

secondary

#656FB4

accent

#3BBC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD499

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

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