#DCD593#DCD593

#DCD593 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.085 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD593
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 147)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 33.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.44, -7.43, 33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.44, 34.36, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.019 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.085 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.5765, 64.9120, 37.0417)
Luminance	0.6491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD593 #939ADC

analogous

#DCB193 #DCD593 #BEDC93

triadic

#DCD593 #93DCD5 #D593DC

tetradic

#DCD593 #93DCB1 #939ADC #DC93BE

square

#DCD593 #93DCB1 #939ADC #DC93BE

split-complementary

#DCD593 #93BEDC #B193DC

monochromatic

#B9AD3C #CDC365 #DCD593 #EBE7C1 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#DCD593 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD593

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD593	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D08E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.085 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1b3',
    500: '#dcd593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd593;
$custom-light: #e8e1b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.247,
    "s": 51.049,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86325,
    "c": 0.08543,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD593

secondary

#6068B4

accent

#36BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD593

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

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