#DCD699#DCD699

#DCD699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.079 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD699
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 153)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, -7.20, 30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 31.77, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0181 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.079 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.3120, 65.6099, 39.6703)
Luminance	0.6561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD699 #999FDC

analogous

#DCB499 #DCD699 #C0DC99

triadic

#DCD699 #99DCD6 #D699DC

tetradic

#DCD699 #99DCB4 #999FDC #DC99C0

square

#DCD699 #99DCB4 #999FDC #DC99C0

split-complementary

#DCD699 #99C0DC #B499DC

monochromatic

#BBB040 #CCC46B #DCD699 #ECE8C7 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#DCD699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD699

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD699	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)

#E1D295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.079 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e2b7',
    500: '#dcd699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd699;
$custom-light: #e7e2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86641,
    "c": 0.0794,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD699

secondary

#656CB4

accent

#36BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD699

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

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