#DCD597#DCD597

#DCD597 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.081 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD597
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 151)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.50, -6.94, 31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.50, 32.34, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.0174 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.081 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.8959, 65.0398, 38.7236)
Luminance	0.6504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD597 #979EDC

analogous

#DCB297 #DCD597 #C0DC97

triadic

#DCD597 #97DCD5 #D597DC

tetradic

#DCD597 #97DCB2 #979EDC #DC97C0

square

#DCD597 #97DCB2 #979EDC #DC97C0

split-complementary

#DCD597 #97C0DC #B297DC

monochromatic

#BAAD3F #CDC369 #DCD597 #EBE7C5 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#DCD597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD597

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD597	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.081 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1b6',
    500: '#dcd597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd597;
$custom-light: #e7e1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.913,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86399,
    "c": 0.08068,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD597

secondary

#646CB4

accent

#38BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD597

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

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