#DCD599#DCD599

#DCD599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.078 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD599
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.54, -6.69, 30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.54, 31.32, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(86.44% -0.0166 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(86.44% 0.078 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.0597, 65.1053, 39.5862)
Luminance	0.6510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD599 #99A0DC

analogous

#DCB399 #DCD599 #C1DC99

triadic

#DCD599 #99DCD5 #D599DC

tetradic

#DCD599 #99DCB3 #99A0DC #DC99C1

square

#DCD599 #99DCB3 #99A0DC #DC99C1

split-complementary

#DCD599 #99C1DC #B399DC

monochromatic

#BBAE40 #CCC26B #DCD599 #ECE8C7 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#DCD599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD599

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD599	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.078 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1b7',
    500: '#dcd599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd599;
$custom-light: #e7e1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86436,
    "c": 0.07827,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD599

secondary

#656EB4

accent

#39BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD599

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

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