#DCD798#DCD798

#DCD798 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.082 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD798
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 152)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 30.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.04, -7.83, 31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.04, 32.73, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.0199 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.082 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.4836, 66.0847, 39.3218)
Luminance	0.6608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD798 #989DDC

analogous

#DCB598 #DCD798 #BFDC98

triadic

#DCD798 #98DCD7 #D798DC

tetradic

#DCD798 #98DCB5 #989DDC #DC98BF

square

#DCD798 #98DCB5 #989DDC #DC98BF

split-complementary

#DCD798 #98BFDC #B598DC

monochromatic

#BAB13F #CCC56A #DCD798 #ECE9C6 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DCD798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD798

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD798	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.082 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e3b7',
    500: '#dcd798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd798;
$custom-light: #e7e3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 49.275,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86828,
    "c": 0.08174,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD798

secondary

#646AB4

accent

#34BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD798

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

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