#DCD98E#DCD98E

#DCD98E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.096 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD98E
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 142)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, -10.04, 37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 38.68, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% -0.0268 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.096 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.2112, 66.7956, 35.3596)
Luminance	0.6679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD98E #8E91DC

analogous

#DCB28E #DCD98E #B8DC8E

triadic

#DCD98E #8EDCD9 #D98EDC

tetradic

#DCD98E #8EDCB2 #8E91DC #DC8EB8

square

#DCD98E #8EDCB2 #8E91DC #DC8EB8

split-complementary

#DCD98E #8EB8DC #B28EDC

monochromatic

#B7B239 #CEC95F #DCD98E #EAE9BD #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#DCD98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD98E

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD98E	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.096 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4b0',
    500: '#dcd98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd98e;
$custom-light: #e8e4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87062,
    "c": 0.0958,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD98E

secondary

#5B5EB3

accent

#2BC025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD98E

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

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