#DCD97F#DCD97F

#DCD97F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.113 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD97F
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 127)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 42.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -11.66, 44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 46.08, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(86.82% -0.0326 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(86.82% 0.113 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.1599, 66.3750, 29.8225)
Luminance	0.6637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD97F #7F82DC

analogous

#DCAB7F #DCD97F #B0DC7F

triadic

#DCD97F #7FDCD9 #D97FDC

tetradic

#DCD97F #7FDCAB #7F82DC #DC7FB0

square

#DCD97F #7FDCAB #7F82DC #DC7FB0

split-complementary

#DCD97F #7FB0DC #AB7FDC

monochromatic

#B0AC30 #CFCB4F #DCD97F #E9E7AF #F6F6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#DCD97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD97F

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD97F	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)

#E7D378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.113 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4a5',
    500: '#dcd97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd97f;
$custom-light: #e8e4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 57.055,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86823,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD97F

secondary

#4D50B2

accent

#26C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD97F

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

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