#DCD794#DCD794

#DCD794 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.086 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD794
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 148)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 32.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.97, -8.32, 33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.97, 34.76, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(86.76% -0.0215 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(86.76% 0.087 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.1615, 65.9559, 37.6255)
Luminance	0.6595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD794 #9499DC

analogous

#DCB394 #DCD794 #BDDC94

triadic

#DCD794 #94DCD7 #D794DC

tetradic

#DCD794 #94DCB3 #9499DC #DC94BD

square

#DCD794 #94DCB3 #9499DC #DC94BD

split-complementary

#DCD794 #94BDDC #B394DC

monochromatic

#B9B03D #CDC666 #DCD794 #EBE8C2 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD794 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#DCD794 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD794

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD794	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD794	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D28F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd794;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.086 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3b4',
    500: '#dcd794',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd794;
$custom-light: #e8e3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd794",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.833,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86755,
    "c": 0.0865,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD794

secondary

#6166B4

accent

#32BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD794

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

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