#DCD694#DCD694

#DCD694 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.085 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD694
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 148)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 32.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -7.81, 33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 34.30, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.55% -0.0201 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(86.55% 0.085 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.9076, 65.4482, 37.5408)
Luminance	0.6545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD694 #949ADC

analogous

#DCB294 #DCD694 #BEDC94

triadic

#DCD694 #94DCD6 #D694DC

tetradic

#DCD694 #94DCB2 #949ADC #DC94BE

square

#DCD694 #94DCB2 #949ADC #DC94BE

split-complementary

#DCD694 #94BEDC #B294DC

monochromatic

#B9AF3D #CDC466 #DCD694 #EBE8C2 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD694 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#DCD694 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD694

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD694	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD694	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D18F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd694;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.085 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e2b4',
    500: '#dcd694',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd694;
$custom-light: #e8e2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd694",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86549,
    "c": 0.08537,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD694

secondary

#6168B4

accent

#34BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD694

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

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