#DCD992#DCD992

#DCD992 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.091 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD992
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 146)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(58, 34%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 33.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.46, -9.57, 35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.46, 36.68, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% -0.0253 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.091 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.5169, 66.9179, 36.9697)
Luminance	0.6692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD992 #9295DC

analogous

#DCB492 #DCD992 #BADC92

triadic

#DCD992 #92DCD9 #D992DC

tetradic

#DCD992 #92DCB4 #9295DC #DC92BA

square

#DCD992 #92DCB4 #9295DC #DC92BA

split-complementary

#DCD992 #92BADC #B492DC

monochromatic

#B8B33B #CDC964 #DCD992 #EBE9C0 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#DCD992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD992

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD992	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)

#E5D48D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.091 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4b2',
    500: '#dcd992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd992;
$custom-light: #e8e4b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.568,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87131,
    "c": 0.09116,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD992

secondary

#5F62B4

accent

#2DBF27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD992

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

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