#DCD697#DCD697

#DCD697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.082 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD697
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 151)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.76, -7.45, 31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.76, 32.78, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0189 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.082 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.1482, 65.5444, 38.8077)
Luminance	0.6554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD697 #979DDC

analogous

#DCB497 #DCD697 #BFDC97

triadic

#DCD697 #97DCD6 #D697DC

tetradic

#DCD697 #97DCB4 #979DDC #DC97BF

square

#DCD697 #97DCB4 #979DDC #DC97BF

split-complementary

#DCD697 #97BFDC #B497DC

monochromatic

#BAAF3F #CDC469 #DCD697 #EBE8C5 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#DCD697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD697

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD697	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.082 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e2b6',
    500: '#dcd697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd697;
$custom-light: #e7e2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86604,
    "c": 0.0818,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD697

secondary

#646AB4

accent

#35BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD697

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

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