#DCD997#DCD997

#DCD997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.085 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD997
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.54, -8.97, 32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.54, 34.16, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(87.22% -0.0233 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(87.22% 0.085 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.9144, 67.0768, 39.0631)
Luminance	0.6708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD997 #979ADC

analogous

#DCB697 #DCD997 #BDDC97

triadic

#DCD997 #97DCD9 #D997DC

tetradic

#DCD997 #97DCB6 #979ADC #DC97BD

square

#DCD997 #97DCB6 #979ADC #DC97BD

split-complementary

#DCD997 #97BDDC #B697DC

monochromatic

#BAB53F #CDC869 #DCD997 #EBEAC5 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#DCD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD997

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD997	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.085 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4b6',
    500: '#dcd997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd997;
$custom-light: #e7e4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87221,
    "c": 0.08525,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD997

secondary

#6467B4

accent

#2FBD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD997

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

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