#DCD98F#DCD98F

#DCD98F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.095 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD98F
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 143)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 35%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -9.93, 36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 38.18, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.0264 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.095 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.2866, 66.8257, 35.7568)
Luminance	0.6683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD98F #8F92DC

analogous

#DCB28F #DCD98F #B8DC8F

triadic

#DCD98F #8FDCD9 #D98FDC

tetradic

#DCD98F #8FDCB2 #8F92DC #DC8FB8

square

#DCD98F #8FDCB2 #8F92DC #DC8FB8

split-complementary

#DCD98F #8FB8DC #B28FDC

monochromatic

#B7B239 #CDC960 #DCD98F #EBE9BE #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD98F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#DCD98F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD98F

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD98F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD98F	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D38A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D792

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd98f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.095 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4b0',
    500: '#dcd98f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd98f;
$custom-light: #e8e4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd98f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.662,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87079,
    "c": 0.09465,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD98F

secondary

#5C5FB3

accent

#2CC026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD98F

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

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