#DCD595#DCD595

#DCD595 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.083 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD595
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 149)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 32.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, -7.18, 32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 33.35, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.36% -0.0182 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(86.36% 0.083 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.7348, 64.9754, 37.8754)
Luminance	0.6497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD595 #959CDC

analogous

#DCB295 #DCD595 #BFDC95

triadic

#DCD595 #95DCD5 #D595DC

tetradic

#DCD595 #95DCB2 #959CDC #DC95BF

square

#DCD595 #95DCB2 #959CDC #DC95BF

split-complementary

#DCD595 #95BFDC #B295DC

monochromatic

#B9AD3D #CDC367 #DCD595 #EBE7C3 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#DCD595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD595

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD595	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)

#E0D191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.083 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1b4',
    500: '#dcd595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd595;
$custom-light: #e7e1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86362,
    "c": 0.08306,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD595

secondary

#626AB4

accent

#37BE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD595

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

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