#DCD995#DCD995

#DCD995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.088 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD995
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 149)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 32.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -9.21, 33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 35.17, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0241 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.088 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.7534, 67.0124, 38.2149)
Luminance	0.6701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD995 #9598DC

analogous

#DCB695 #DCD995 #BBDC95

triadic

#DCD995 #95DCD9 #D995DC

tetradic

#DCD995 #95DCB6 #9598DC #DC95BB

square

#DCD995 #95DCB6 #9598DC #DC95BB

split-complementary

#DCD995 #95BBDC #B695DC

monochromatic

#B9B43D #CDC967 #DCD995 #EBE9C3 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#DCD995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD995

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD995	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)

#E4D490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.088 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4b4',
    500: '#dcd995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd995;
$custom-light: #e8e4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87185,
    "c": 0.08763,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD995

secondary

#6265B4

accent

#2EBE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD995

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

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