#DCD98D#DCD98D

#DCD98D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.097 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD98D
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 141)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -10.16, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 39.18, 105.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% -0.0272 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.097 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.1365, 66.7657, 34.9660)
Luminance	0.6676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD98D #8D90DC

analogous

#DCB18D #DCD98D #B7DC8D

triadic

#DCD98D #8DDCD9 #D98DDC

tetradic

#DCD98D #8DDCB1 #8D90DC #DC8DB7

square

#DCD98D #8DDCB1 #8D90DC #DC8DB7

split-complementary

#DCD98D #8DB7DC #B18DDC

monochromatic

#B7B238 #CEC95E #DCD98D #EAE9BC #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#DCD98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD98D

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD98D	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)

#E5D387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.097 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4af',
    500: '#dcd98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd98d;
$custom-light: #e8e4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.722,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87045,
    "c": 0.09695,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD98D

secondary

#5A5DB3

accent

#2BC025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD98D

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

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