#DCD993#DCD993

#DCD993 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.090 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD993
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 147)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 33.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -9.46, 34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 36.18, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.15% -0.0248 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(87.15% 0.09 106)
XYZ	xyz(59.5951, 66.9491, 37.3812)
Luminance	0.6695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD993 #9396DC

analogous

#DCB593 #DCD993 #BBDC93

triadic

#DCD993 #93DCD9 #D993DC

tetradic

#DCD993 #93DCB5 #9396DC #DC93BB

square

#DCD993 #93DCB5 #9396DC #DC93BB

split-complementary

#DCD993 #93BBDC #B593DC

monochromatic

#B9B43C #CDC965 #DCD993 #EBE9C1 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#DCD993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD993

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD993	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D48E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.090 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4b3',
    500: '#dcd993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd993;
$custom-light: #e8e4b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.534,
    "s": 51.049,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87149,
    "c": 0.08999,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.66948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD993

secondary

#6063B4

accent

#2DBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD993

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

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