#DCD795#DCD795

#DCD795 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.085 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD795
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 149)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 32.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -8.20, 33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 34.25, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.0211 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.085 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.2410, 65.9877, 38.0441)
Luminance	0.6599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD795 #959ADC

analogous

#DCB495 #DCD795 #BDDC95

triadic

#DCD795 #95DCD7 #D795DC

tetradic

#DCD795 #95DCB4 #959ADC #DC95BD

square

#DCD795 #95DCB4 #959ADC #DC95BD

split-complementary

#DCD795 #95BDDC #B495DC

monochromatic

#B9B13D #CDC667 #DCD795 #EBE8C3 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD795 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DCD795 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD795

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD795	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD795	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd795;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.085 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3b4',
    500: '#dcd795',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd795;
$custom-light: #e8e3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd795",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.775,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86773,
    "c": 0.08531,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD795

secondary

#6267B4

accent

#32BE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD795

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

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