#DCD96F#DCD96F

#DCD96F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.129 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD96F
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 111)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 49.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -13.17, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 53.69, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0384 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.129 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.1987, 65.9906, 24.7602)
Luminance	0.6599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD96F #6F72DC

analogous

#DCA36F #DCD96F #A8DC6F

triadic

#DCD96F #6FDCD9 #D96FDC

tetradic

#DCD96F #6FDCA3 #6F72DC #DC6FA8

square

#DCD96F #6FDCA3 #6F72DC #DC6FA8

split-complementary

#DCD96F #6FA8DC #A36FDC

monochromatic

#A8A429 #D0CC3E #DCD96F #E8E6A0 #F4F3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DCD96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD96F

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD96F	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.129 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e49b',
    500: '#dcd96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd96f;
$custom-light: #e9e49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.349,
    "s": 60.894,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86604,
    "c": 0.12889,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD96F

secondary

#4547AB

accent

#22C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD96F

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

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