#DCD894#DCD894

#DCD894 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.088 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD894
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 148)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 32.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -8.83, 34.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 35.21, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.023 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.088 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.4169, 66.4667, 37.7106)
Luminance	0.6646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD894 #9498DC

analogous

#DCB494 #DCD894 #BCDC94

triadic

#DCD894 #94DCD8 #D894DC

tetradic

#DCD894 #94DCB4 #9498DC #DC94BC

square

#DCD894 #94DCB4 #9498DC #DC94BC

split-complementary

#DCD894 #94BCDC #B494DC

monochromatic

#B9B23D #CDC766 #DCD894 #EBE9C2 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD894 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#DCD894 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD894

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD894	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD894	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D38F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd894;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.088 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4b4',
    500: '#dcd894',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd894;
$custom-light: #e8e4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd894",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86961,
    "c": 0.08765,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD894

secondary

#6165B4

accent

#30BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD894

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

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