#DCD96D#DCD96D

#DCD96D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.131 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD96D
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 109)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.97, -13.34, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.97, 54.62, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.58% -0.0391 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(86.58% 0.131 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.0898, 65.9470, 24.1867)
Luminance	0.6594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD96D #6D70DC

analogous

#DCA16D #DCD96D #A8DC6D

triadic

#DCD96D #6DDCD9 #D96DDC

tetradic

#DCD96D #6DDCA1 #6D70DC #DC6DA8

square

#DCD96D #6DDCA1 #6D70DC #DC6DA8

split-complementary

#DCD96D #6DA8DC #A16DDC

monochromatic

#A7A328 #D0CC3C #DCD96D #E8E69E #F4F3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#DCD96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD96D

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD96D	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D263

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.131 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e499',
    500: '#dcd96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd96d;
$custom-light: #e9e499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86579,
    "c": 0.13082,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD96D

secondary

#4446AA

accent

#21C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD96D

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

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