#DCD96A#DCD96A

#DCD96A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.134 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD96A
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 106)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 51.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.94, -13.60, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.94, 55.99, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% -0.0402 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.134 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.9311, 65.8835, 23.3507)
Luminance	0.6588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD96A #6A6DDC

analogous

#DCA06A #DCD96A #A6DC6A

triadic

#DCD96A #6ADCD9 #D96ADC

tetradic

#DCD96A #6ADCA0 #6A6DDC #DC6AA6

square

#DCD96A #6ADCA0 #6A6DDC #DC6AA6

split-complementary

#DCD96A #6AA6DC #A06ADC

monochromatic

#A5A227 #D0CC38 #DCD96A #E8E69C #F3F2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#DCD96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD96A

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD96A	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D25F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.134 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e498',
    500: '#dcd96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd96a;
$custom-light: #e9e498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86543,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD96A

secondary

#4245A8

accent

#20CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD96A

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

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