#DCD598#DCD598

#DCD598 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.079 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD598
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 152)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 30.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.52, -6.81, 31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.52, 31.83, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.017 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.079 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.9774, 65.0724, 39.1531)
Luminance	0.6507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD598 #989FDC

analogous

#DCB398 #DCD598 #C1DC98

triadic

#DCD598 #98DCD5 #D598DC

tetradic

#DCD598 #98DCB3 #989FDC #DC98C1

square

#DCD598 #98DCB3 #989FDC #DC98C1

split-complementary

#DCD598 #98C1DC #B398DC

monochromatic

#BAAE3F #CCC26A #DCD598 #ECE8C6 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#DCD598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD598

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD598	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)

#E0D194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.079 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1b6',
    500: '#dcd598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd598;
$custom-light: #e7e1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.824,
    "s": 49.275,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86417,
    "c": 0.07948,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD598

secondary

#646DB4

accent

#38BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD598

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

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