#DCD97C#DCD97C

#DCD97C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.116 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD97C
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 124)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 44%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 43.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.15, -11.96, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.15, 47.53, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0337 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.116 107)
XYZ	xyz(57.9673, 66.2980, 28.8081)
Luminance	0.6630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD97C #7C7FDC

analogous

#DCA97C #DCD97C #AFDC7C

triadic

#DCD97C #7CDCD9 #D97CDC

tetradic

#DCD97C #7CDCA9 #7C7FDC #DC7CAF

square

#DCD97C #7CDCA9 #7C7FDC #DC7CAF

split-complementary

#DCD97C #7CAFDC #A97CDC

monochromatic

#AFAB2F #CFCB4C #DCD97C #E9E7AC #F6F5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#DCD97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD97C

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD97C	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.116 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4a3',
    500: '#dcd97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd97c;
$custom-light: #e8e4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 57.831,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86779,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.66297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD97C

secondary

#4B4EB1

accent

#25C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD97C

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

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