#DCD799#DCD799

#DCD799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.081 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD799
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, -7.71, 31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 32.22, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0195 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.081 104)
XYZ	xyz(59.5658, 66.1176, 39.7549)
Luminance	0.6612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD799 #999EDC

analogous

#DCB599 #DCD799 #BFDC99

triadic

#DCD799 #99DCD7 #D799DC

tetradic

#DCD799 #99DCB5 #999EDC #DC99BF

square

#DCD799 #99DCB5 #999EDC #DC99BF

split-complementary

#DCD799 #99BFDC #B599DC

monochromatic

#BBB140 #CCC56B #DCD799 #ECE9C7 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DCD799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD799

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD799	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)

#E2D295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.081 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e3b7',
    500: '#dcd799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd799;
$custom-light: #e7e3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86847,
    "c": 0.08054,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.66116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD799

secondary

#656BB4

accent

#34BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD799

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

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