#DCD99C#DCD99C

#DCD99C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.079 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD99C
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 156)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 29.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.63, -8.34, 30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.63, 31.63, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.0213 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.079 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.3291, 67.2427, 41.2471)
Luminance	0.6724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD99C #9C9FDC

analogous

#DCB99C #DCD99C #BFDC9C

triadic

#DCD99C #9CDCD9 #D99CDC

tetradic

#DCD99C #9CDCB9 #9C9FDC #DC9CBF

square

#DCD99C #9CDCB9 #9C9FDC #DC9CBF

split-complementary

#DCD99C #9CBFDC #B99CDC

monochromatic

#BBB642 #CCC86F #DCD99C #ECEAC9 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCD99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#DCD99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD99C

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD99C	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.079 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4b9',
    500: '#dcd99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd99c;
$custom-light: #e7e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.187,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87315,
    "c": 0.07924,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD99C

secondary

#686CB4

accent

#31BB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD99C

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

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