#DCD99E#DCD99E

#DCD99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.077 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD99E
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 158)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 28.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.66, -8.09, 29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.66, 30.61, 105.32°)
OKLab	oklab(87.35% -0.0204 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(87.35% 0.077 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.4999, 67.3110, 42.1464)
Luminance	0.6731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD99E #9EA1DC

analogous

#DCBA9E #DCD99E #C0DC9E

triadic

#DCD99E #9EDCD9 #D99EDC

tetradic

#DCD99E #9EDCBA #9EA1DC #DC9EC0

square

#DCD99E #9EDCBA #9EA1DC #DC9EC0

split-complementary

#DCD99E #9EC0DC #BA9EDC

monochromatic

#BCB644 #CCC771 #DCD99E #ECEBCB #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCD99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#DCD99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD99E

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD99E	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)

#E3D49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.077 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4bb',
    500: '#dcd99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd99e;
$custom-light: #e7e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 46.97,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87354,
    "c": 0.07681,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD99E

secondary

#6A6EB4

accent

#32BA2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD99E

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

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