#DCD897#DCD897

#DCD897 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.084 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD897
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 151)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.28, -8.46, 32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.28, 33.70, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.0218 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.084 105)
XYZ	xyz(59.6574, 66.5629, 38.9774)
Luminance	0.6656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD897 #979BDC

analogous

#DCB697 #DCD897 #BDDC97

triadic

#DCD897 #97DCD8 #D897DC

tetradic

#DCD897 #97DCB6 #979BDC #DC97BD

square

#DCD897 #97DCB6 #979BDC #DC97BD

split-complementary

#DCD897 #97BDDC #B697DC

monochromatic

#BAB33F #CDC769 #DCD897 #EBE9C5 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#DCD897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD897

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD897	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)

#E3D393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.084 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4b6',
    500: '#dcd897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd897;
$custom-light: #e7e4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87015,
    "c": 0.08409,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.66562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD897

secondary

#6468B4

accent

#31BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD897

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

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