#DCD99D#DCD99D

#DCD99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.078 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD99D
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 157)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 28.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -8.22, 30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 31.12, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.0208 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.078 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.4141, 67.2767, 41.6949)
Luminance	0.6728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD99D #9DA0DC

analogous

#DCBA9D #DCD99D #C0DC9D

triadic

#DCD99D #9DDCD9 #D99DDC

tetradic

#DCD99D #9DDCBA #9DA0DC #DC9DC0

square

#DCD99D #9DDCBA #9DA0DC #DC9DC0

split-complementary

#DCD99D #9DC0DC #BA9DDC

monochromatic

#BCB643 #CCC870 #DCD99D #ECEACA #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCD99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#DCD99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD99D

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD99D	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.078 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4ba',
    500: '#dcd99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd99d;
$custom-light: #e7e4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87334,
    "c": 0.07803,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD99D

secondary

#696DB4

accent

#32BB2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD99D

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

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