#DCD797#DCD797

#DCD797 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.083 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD797
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 151)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.02, -7.96, 32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.02, 33.24, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(86.81% -0.0203 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(86.81% 0.083 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.4020, 66.0521, 38.8923)
Luminance	0.6605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD797 #979CDC

analogous

#DCB497 #DCD797 #BEDC97

triadic

#DCD797 #97DCD7 #D797DC

tetradic

#DCD797 #97DCB4 #979CDC #DC97BE

square

#DCD797 #97DCB4 #979CDC #DC97BE

split-complementary

#DCD797 #97BEDC #B497DC

monochromatic

#BAB13F #CDC569 #DCD797 #EBE9C5 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#DCD797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD797

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD797	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.083 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e3b6',
    500: '#dcd797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd797;
$custom-light: #e7e3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86809,
    "c": 0.08294,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD797

secondary

#6469B4

accent

#33BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD797

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

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