#DCD596#DCD596

#DCD596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.082 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD596
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, -7.06, 32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 32.84, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.0178 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.082 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.8150, 65.0074, 38.2977)
Luminance	0.6501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD596 #969DDC

analogous

#DCB296 #DCD596 #C0DC96

triadic

#DCD596 #96DCD5 #D596DC

tetradic

#DCD596 #96DCB2 #969DDC #DC96C0

square

#DCD596 #96DCB2 #969DDC #DC96C0

split-complementary

#DCD596 #96C0DC #B296DC

monochromatic

#BAAD3E #CDC368 #DCD596 #EBE7C4 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#DCD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD596

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD596	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.082 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1b5',
    500: '#dcd596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd596;
$custom-light: #e7e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8638,
    "c": 0.08187,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD596

secondary

#636BB4

accent

#37BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD596

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

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