#DCD96C#DCD96C

#DCD96C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.132 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD96C
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 108)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 50.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.96, -13.43, 53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.96, 55.08, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.0395 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.132 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.0363, 65.9256, 23.9049)
Luminance	0.6592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD96C #6C6FDC

analogous

#DCA16C #DCD96C #A7DC6C

triadic

#DCD96C #6CDCD9 #D96CDC

tetradic

#DCD96C #6CDCA1 #6C6FDC #DC6CA7

square

#DCD96C #6CDCA1 #6C6FDC #DC6CA7

split-complementary

#DCD96C #6CA7DC #A16CDC

monochromatic

#A6A328 #D0CC3B #DCD96C #E8E69D #F4F3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#DCD96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD96C

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD96C	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)

#E8D262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.132 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e499',
    500: '#dcd96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd96c;
$custom-light: #e9e499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.393,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86567,
    "c": 0.13177,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD96C

secondary

#4346A9

accent

#21C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD96C

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

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