#DCD97B#DCD97B

#DCD97B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.117 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD97B
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 123)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 44%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 44.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -12.06, 46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 48.01, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.0341 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.117 107)
XYZ	xyz(57.9043, 66.2728, 28.4767)
Luminance	0.6627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD97B #7B7EDC

analogous

#DCA87B #DCD97B #AFDC7B

triadic

#DCD97B #7BDCD9 #D97BDC

tetradic

#DCD97B #7BDCA8 #7B7EDC #DC7BAF

square

#DCD97B #7BDCA8 #7B7EDC #DC7BAF

split-complementary

#DCD97B #7BAFDC #A87BDC

monochromatic

#AEAA2E #CFCB4B #DCD97B #E9E7AB #F6F5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#DCD97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD97B

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD97B	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)

#E7D273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.117 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4a3',
    500: '#dcd97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd97b;
$custom-light: #e8e4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.144,
    "s": 58.084,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86765,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.66271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD97B

secondary

#4B4EB1

accent

#25C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD97B

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

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