#DCD98B#DCD98B

#DCD98B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.099 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD98B
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 139)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 36.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, -10.38, 38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 40.18, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.01% -0.028 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(87.01% 0.099 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.9890, 66.7067, 34.1893)
Luminance	0.6671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD98B #8B8EDC

analogous

#DCB08B #DCD98B #B6DC8B

triadic

#DCD98B #8BDCD9 #D98BDC

tetradic

#DCD98B #8BDCB0 #8B8EDC #DC8BB6

square

#DCD98B #8BDCB0 #8B8EDC #DC8BB6

split-complementary

#DCD98B #8BB6DC #B08BDC

monochromatic

#B6B137 #CECA5C #DCD98B #EAE8BA #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD98B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#DCD98B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD98B

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD98B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD98B	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)

#E5D385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D78E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd98b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.099 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4ae',
    500: '#dcd98b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd98b;
$custom-light: #e8e4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd98b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87012,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD98B

secondary

#585BB3

accent

#2AC124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD98B

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

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