#DCD691#DCD691

#DCD691 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.089 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD691
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 145)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 34%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 34.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.67, -8.17, 34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.67, 35.82, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0213 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.089 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.6733, 65.3544, 36.3064)
Luminance	0.6535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD691 #9197DC

analogous

#DCB191 #DCD691 #BDDC91

triadic

#DCD691 #91DCD6 #D691DC

tetradic

#DCD691 #91DCB1 #9197DC #DC91BD

square

#DCD691 #91DCB1 #9197DC #DC91BD

split-complementary

#DCD691 #91BDDC #B191DC

monochromatic

#B8AE3B #CDC563 #DCD691 #EBE7BF #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD691 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#DCD691 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD691

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD691	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD691	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D18C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd691;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.089 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e2b2',
    500: '#dcd691',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd691;
$custom-light: #e8e2b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd691",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86495,
    "c": 0.0889,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD691

secondary

#5E65B3

accent

#33BF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD691

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

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