#DCD97D#DCD97D

#DCD97D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.115 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD97D
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 125)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 43.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.16, -11.87, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.16, 47.05, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(86.79% -0.0334 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(86.79% 0.115 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.0308, 66.3234, 29.1428)
Luminance	0.6632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD97D #7D80DC

analogous

#DCA97D #DCD97D #B0DC7D

triadic

#DCD97D #7DDCD9 #D97DDC

tetradic

#DCD97D #7DDCA9 #7D80DC #DC7DB0

square

#DCD97D #7DDCA9 #7D80DC #DC7DB0

split-complementary

#DCD97D #7DB0DC #A97DDC

monochromatic

#AFAB2F #CFCB4D #DCD97D #E9E7AD #F6F5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#DCD97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD97D

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD97D	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)

#E7D276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.115 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4a4',
    500: '#dcd97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd97d;
$custom-light: #e8e4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.105,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86794,
    "c": 0.11464,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD97D

secondary

#4C4FB2

accent

#26C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD97D

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

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