#DCD796#DCD796

#DCD796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.084 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD796
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.01, -8.08, 32.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.01, 33.75, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(86.79% -0.0207 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(86.79% 0.084 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.3212, 66.0197, 38.4664)
Luminance	0.6602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD796 #969BDC

analogous

#DCB496 #DCD796 #BEDC96

triadic

#DCD796 #96DCD7 #D796DC

tetradic

#DCD796 #96DCB4 #969BDC #DC96BE

square

#DCD796 #96DCB4 #969BDC #DC96BE

split-complementary

#DCD796 #96BEDC #B496DC

monochromatic

#BAB13E #CDC668 #DCD796 #EBE8C4 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DCD796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD796

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD796	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)

#E2D292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.084 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e3b5',
    500: '#dcd796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd796;
$custom-light: #e7e3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86791,
    "c": 0.08413,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD796

secondary

#6368B4

accent

#33BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD796

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

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