#DCD96E#DCD96E

#DCD96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.130 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD96E
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 110)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 50%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -13.26, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 54.15, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0388 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.13 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.1439, 65.9687, 24.4719)
Luminance	0.6597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD96E #6E71DC

analogous

#DCA26E #DCD96E #A8DC6E

triadic

#DCD96E #6EDCD9 #D96EDC

tetradic

#DCD96E #6EDCA2 #6E71DC #DC6EA8

square

#DCD96E #6EDCA2 #6E71DC #DC6EA8

split-complementary

#DCD96E #6EA8DC #A26EDC

monochromatic

#A7A428 #D0CC3D #DCD96E #E8E69F #F4F3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#DCD96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD96E

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD96E	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)

#E8D264

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.130 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e49a',
    500: '#dcd96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd96e;
$custom-light: #e9e49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86592,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD96E

secondary

#4447AA

accent

#21C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD96E

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

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