#DCD98A#DCD98A

#DCD98A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.100 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD98A
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 138)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.34, -10.49, 39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.34, 40.67, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.0284 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.1 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.9163, 66.6776, 33.8063)
Luminance	0.6668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD98A #8A8DDC

analogous

#DCB08A #DCD98A #B6DC8A

triadic

#DCD98A #8ADCD9 #D98ADC

tetradic

#DCD98A #8ADCB0 #8A8DDC #DC8AB6

square

#DCD98A #8ADCB0 #8A8DDC #DC8AB6

split-complementary

#DCD98A #8AB6DC #B08ADC

monochromatic

#B5B136 #CECA5B #DCD98A #EAE8B9 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD98A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#DCD98A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD98A

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD98A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD98A	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D78D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd98a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.100 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4ad',
    500: '#dcd98a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd98a;
$custom-light: #e8e4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd98a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.805,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86995,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD98A

secondary

#575AB3

accent

#2AC124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD98A

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

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