#DCD696#DCD696

#DCD696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.083 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD696
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, -7.57, 32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 33.29, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0193 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.083 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.0673, 65.5120, 38.3818)
Luminance	0.6551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD696 #969CDC

analogous

#DCB396 #DCD696 #BFDC96

triadic

#DCD696 #96DCD6 #D696DC

tetradic

#DCD696 #96DCB3 #969CDC #DC96BF

square

#DCD696 #96DCB3 #969CDC #DC96BF

split-complementary

#DCD696 #96BFDC #B396DC

monochromatic

#BAAF3E #CDC468 #DCD696 #EBE8C4 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#DCD696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD696

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD696	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.083 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e2b5',
    500: '#dcd696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd696;
$custom-light: #e7e2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86585,
    "c": 0.08299,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD696

secondary

#6369B4

accent

#35BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD696

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

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