#DCD97E#DCD97E

#DCD97E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.114 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD97E
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 126)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 42.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.17, -11.77, 45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.17, 46.56, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(86.81% -0.033 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(86.81% 0.114 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.0950, 66.3491, 29.4810)
Luminance	0.6635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD97E #7E81DC

analogous

#DCAA7E #DCD97E #B0DC7E

triadic

#DCD97E #7EDCD9 #D97EDC

tetradic

#DCD97E #7EDCAA #7E81DC #DC7EB0

square

#DCD97E #7EDCAA #7E81DC #DC7EB0

split-complementary

#DCD97E #7EB0DC #AA7EDC

monochromatic

#B0AC30 #CFCB4E #DCD97E #E9E7AE #F6F5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#DCD97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD97E

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD97E	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.114 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4a5',
    500: '#dcd97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd97e;
$custom-light: #e8e4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.085,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86809,
    "c": 0.11358,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD97E

secondary

#4C4FB2

accent

#26C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD97E

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

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