#DCD594#DCD594

#DCD594 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.084 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD594
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 148)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 32.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.45, -7.30, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.45, 33.86, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.34% -0.0186 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(86.34% 0.084 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.6553, 64.9436, 37.4567)
Luminance	0.6494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD594 #949BDC

analogous

#DCB194 #DCD594 #BFDC94

triadic

#DCD594 #94DCD5 #D594DC

tetradic

#DCD594 #94DCB1 #949BDC #DC94BF

square

#DCD594 #94DCB1 #949BDC #DC94BF

split-complementary

#DCD594 #94BFDC #B194DC

monochromatic

#B9AD3D #CDC366 #DCD594 #EBE7C2 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD594 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#DCD594 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD594

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD594	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD594	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D18F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd594;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.084 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1b4',
    500: '#dcd594',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd594;
$custom-light: #e8e1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd594",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.167,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86343,
    "c": 0.08426,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD594

secondary

#6169B4

accent

#36BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD594

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

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