#DCD97A#DCD97A

#DCD97A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.118 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD97A
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 122)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 44.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.12, -12.16, 46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.12, 48.49, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0345 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.118 107)
XYZ	xyz(57.8421, 66.2479, 28.1487)
Luminance	0.6625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD97A #7A7DDC

analogous

#DCA87A #DCD97A #AEDC7A

triadic

#DCD97A #7ADCD9 #D97ADC

tetradic

#DCD97A #7ADCA8 #7A7DDC #DC7AAE

square

#DCD97A #7ADCA8 #7A7DDC #DC7AAE

split-complementary

#DCD97A #7AAEDC #A87ADC

monochromatic

#AEAA2E #CFCB4A #DCD97A #E9E7AA #F6F5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#DCD97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD97A

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD97A	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.118 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4a2',
    500: '#dcd97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd97a;
$custom-light: #e8e4a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.163,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86751,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.66246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD97A

secondary

#4A4DB0

accent

#25C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD97A

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

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