#DCD99B#DCD99B

#DCD99B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.080 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD99B
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 155)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 29.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.61, -8.47, 31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.61, 32.13, 105.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0216 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.08 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.2448, 67.2090, 40.8030)
Luminance	0.6721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD99B #9B9EDC

analogous

#DCB89B #DCD99B #BEDC9B

triadic

#DCD99B #9BDCD9 #D99BDC

tetradic

#DCD99B #9BDCB8 #9B9EDC #DC9BBE

square

#DCD99B #9BDCB8 #9B9EDC #DC9BBE

split-complementary

#DCD99B #9BBEDC #B89BDC

monochromatic

#BBB541 #CCC86E #DCD99B #ECEAC8 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCD99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#DCD99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD99B

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD99B	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.080 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4b9',
    500: '#dcd99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd99b;
$custom-light: #e7e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87296,
    "c": 0.08046,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD99B

secondary

#676BB4

accent

#31BB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD99B

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

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