#DCD991#DCD991

#DCD991 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.092 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD991
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 145)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(58, 34%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 34.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.45, -9.69, 35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.45, 37.18, 105.11°)
OKLab	oklab(87.11% -0.0256 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(87.11% 0.092 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.4395, 66.8869, 36.5619)
Luminance	0.6689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD991 #9194DC

analogous

#DCB491 #DCD991 #BADC91

triadic

#DCD991 #91DCD9 #D991DC

tetradic

#DCD991 #91DCB4 #9194DC #DC91BA

square

#DCD991 #91DCB4 #9194DC #DC91BA

split-complementary

#DCD991 #91BADC #B491DC

monochromatic

#B8B33B #CDC963 #DCD991 #EBE9BF #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#DCD991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD991

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD991	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D48C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.092 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4b2',
    500: '#dcd991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd991;
$custom-light: #e8e4b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87114,
    "c": 0.09232,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD991

secondary

#5E61B3

accent

#2CBF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD991

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

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