#DCD98C#DCD98C

#DCD98C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.098 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD98C
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 140)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 36.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.37, -10.27, 38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.37, 39.68, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(87.03% -0.0276 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(87.03% 0.098 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.0624, 66.7360, 34.5759)
Luminance	0.6673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD98C #8C8FDC

analogous

#DCB18C #DCD98C #B7DC8C

triadic

#DCD98C #8CDCD9 #D98CDC

tetradic

#DCD98C #8CDCB1 #8C8FDC #DC8CB7

square

#DCD98C #8CDCB1 #8C8FDC #DC8CB7

split-complementary

#DCD98C #8CB7DC #B18CDC

monochromatic

#B6B137 #CEC95D #DCD98C #EAE9BB #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD98C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#DCD98C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD98C

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD98C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD98C	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D78F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd98c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.098 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4ae',
    500: '#dcd98c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd98c;
$custom-light: #e8e4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd98c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87028,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD98C

secondary

#595CB3

accent

#2BC125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD98C

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

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