#DCD990#DCD990

#DCD990 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.093 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD990
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 144)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 34.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.43, -9.81, 36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.43, 37.68, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.026 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.093 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.3627, 66.8562, 36.1575)
Luminance	0.6685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD990 #9093DC

analogous

#DCB390 #DCD990 #B9DC90

triadic

#DCD990 #90DCD9 #D990DC

tetradic

#DCD990 #90DCB3 #9093DC #DC90B9

square

#DCD990 #90DCB3 #9093DC #DC90B9

split-complementary

#DCD990 #90B9DC #B390DC

monochromatic

#B8B33A #CDC961 #DCD990 #EBE9BF #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#DCD990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD990

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD990	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)

#E5D48B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D793

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.093 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4b1',
    500: '#dcd990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd990;
$custom-light: #e8e4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.632,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87097,
    "c": 0.09349,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD990

secondary

#5D60B3

accent

#2CBF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD990

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

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