#DCD99A#DCD99A

#DCD99A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.082 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD99A
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 154)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 30%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.59, -8.60, 31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.59, 32.64, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.022 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.082 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.1611, 67.1755, 40.3625)
Luminance	0.6717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD99A #9A9DDC

analogous

#DCB89A #DCD99A #BEDC9A

triadic

#DCD99A #9ADCD9 #D99ADC

tetradic

#DCD99A #9ADCB8 #9A9DDC #DC9ABE

square

#DCD99A #9ADCB8 #9A9DDC #DC9ABE

split-complementary

#DCD99A #9ABEDC #B89ADC

monochromatic

#BBB541 #CCC86D #DCD99A #ECEAC7 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCD99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#DCD99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD99A

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD99A	1.00	1.45	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.082 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4b8',
    500: '#dcd99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd99a;
$custom-light: #e7e4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 48.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87277,
    "c": 0.08166,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD99A

secondary

#666AB4

accent

#30BC2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD99A

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

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