#DCD690#DCD690

#DCD690 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.090 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD690
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 144)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 34.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.65, -8.29, 35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.65, 36.32, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0217 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.09 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.5965, 65.3237, 35.9021)
Luminance	0.6532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD690 #9096DC

analogous

#DCB090 #DCD690 #BCDC90

triadic

#DCD690 #90DCD6 #D690DC

tetradic

#DCD690 #90DCB0 #9096DC #DC90BC

square

#DCD690 #90DCB0 #9096DC #DC90BC

split-complementary

#DCD690 #90BCDC #B090DC

monochromatic

#B8AE3A #CDC561 #DCD690 #EBE7BF #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#DCD690 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD690

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD690	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D18B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D593

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.090 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e2b1',
    500: '#dcd690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd690;
$custom-light: #e8e2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86477,
    "c": 0.09007,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD690

secondary

#5D64B3

accent

#32BF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD690

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

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