#DCD896#DCD896

#DCD896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.085 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD896
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.27, -8.59, 33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.27, 34.20, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.0222 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.085 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.5766, 66.5306, 38.5515)
Luminance	0.6653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD896 #969ADC

analogous

#DCB596 #DCD896 #BDDC96

triadic

#DCD896 #96DCD8 #D896DC

tetradic

#DCD896 #96DCB5 #969ADC #DC96BD

square

#DCD896 #96DCB5 #969ADC #DC96BD

split-complementary

#DCD896 #96BDDC #B596DC

monochromatic

#BAB33E #CDC768 #DCD896 #EBE9C4 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#DCD896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD896

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD896	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.085 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4b5',
    500: '#dcd896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd896;
$custom-light: #e7e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86997,
    "c": 0.08528,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD896

secondary

#6367B4

accent

#31BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD896

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

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