#DCD899#DCD899

#DCD899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.082 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD899
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.32, -8.22, 31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.32, 32.68, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.05% -0.021 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(87.05% 0.082 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.8212, 66.6284, 39.8401)
Luminance	0.6663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD899 #999DDC

analogous

#DCB699 #DCD899 #BEDC99

triadic

#DCD899 #99DCD8 #D899DC

tetradic

#DCD899 #99DCB6 #999DDC #DC99BE

square

#DCD899 #99DCB6 #999DDC #DC99BE

split-complementary

#DCD899 #99BEDC #B699DC

monochromatic

#BBB340 #CCC76B #DCD899 #ECE9C7 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#DCD899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD899

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD899	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.082 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4b7',
    500: '#dcd899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd899;
$custom-light: #e7e4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87052,
    "c": 0.0817,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD899

secondary

#656AB4

accent

#32BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD899

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

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