#DCD895#DCD895

#DCD895 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.086 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD895
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 149)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 32.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -8.71, 33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 34.71, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(86.98% -0.0226 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(86.98% 0.086 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.4964, 66.4985, 38.1293)
Luminance	0.6650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD895 #9599DC

analogous

#DCB595 #DCD895 #BCDC95

triadic

#DCD895 #95DCD8 #D895DC

tetradic

#DCD895 #95DCB5 #9599DC #DC95BC

square

#DCD895 #95DCB5 #9599DC #DC95BC

split-complementary

#DCD895 #95BCDC #B595DC

monochromatic

#B9B23D #CDC767 #DCD895 #EBE9C3 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#DCD895 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD895

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD895	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.086 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4b4',
    500: '#dcd895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd895;
$custom-light: #e8e4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86979,
    "c": 0.08647,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD895

secondary

#6266B4

accent

#30BE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD895

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

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