#DCD994#DCD994

#DCD994 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.089 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD994
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 148)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 32.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -9.34, 34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 35.67, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% -0.0245 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.089 106)
XYZ	xyz(59.6739, 66.9806, 37.7963)
Luminance	0.6698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD994 #9497DC

analogous

#DCB594 #DCD994 #BBDC94

triadic

#DCD994 #94DCD9 #D994DC

tetradic

#DCD994 #94DCB5 #9497DC #DC94BB

square

#DCD994 #94DCB5 #9497DC #DC94BB

split-complementary

#DCD994 #94BBDC #B594DC

monochromatic

#B9B43D #CDC966 #DCD994 #EBE9C2 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#DCD994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD994

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD994	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D48F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.089 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4b4',
    500: '#dcd994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd994;
$custom-light: #e8e4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87167,
    "c": 0.08881,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.66979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD994

secondary

#6164B4

accent

#2EBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD994

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

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