#DCD996#DCD996

#DCD996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.086 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD996
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.53, -9.09, 33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.53, 34.67, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.2% -0.0237 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(87.2% 0.086 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.8335, 67.0445, 38.6372)
Luminance	0.6704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD996 #9699DC

analogous

#DCB696 #DCD996 #BCDC96

triadic

#DCD996 #96DCD9 #D996DC

tetradic

#DCD996 #96DCB6 #9699DC #DC96BC

square

#DCD996 #96DCB6 #9699DC #DC96BC

split-complementary

#DCD996 #96BCDC #B696DC

monochromatic

#BAB43E #CDC868 #DCD996 #EBEAC4 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#DCD996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD996

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD996	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.086 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4b5',
    500: '#dcd996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd996;
$custom-light: #e7e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87203,
    "c": 0.08644,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD996

secondary

#6366B4

accent

#2FBD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD996

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

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