#DCD698#DCD698

#DCD698 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.081 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD698
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 152)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 30.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -7.32, 31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 32.28, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.62% -0.0185 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(86.62% 0.081 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.2297, 65.5770, 39.2372)
Luminance	0.6558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD698 #989EDC

analogous

#DCB498 #DCD698 #C0DC98

triadic

#DCD698 #98DCD6 #D698DC

tetradic

#DCD698 #98DCB4 #989EDC #DC98C0

square

#DCD698 #98DCB4 #989EDC #DC98C0

split-complementary

#DCD698 #98C0DC #B498DC

monochromatic

#BAAF3F #CCC46A #DCD698 #ECE8C6 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#DCD698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD698

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD698	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.081 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e2b7',
    500: '#dcd698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd698;
$custom-light: #e7e2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 49.275,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86623,
    "c": 0.0806,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD698

secondary

#646BB4

accent

#36BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD698

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →