#DCD99F#DCD99F

#DCD99F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.076 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD99F
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 159)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 27.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.68, -7.96, 29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.68, 30.10, 105.33°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.02 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.076 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.5863, 67.3456, 42.6015)
Luminance	0.6734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD99F #9FA2DC

analogous

#DCBB9F #DCD99F #C1DC9F

triadic

#DCD99F #9FDCD9 #D99FDC

tetradic

#DCD99F #9FDCBB #9FA2DC #DC9FC1

square

#DCD99F #9FDCBB #9FA2DC #DC9FC1

split-complementary

#DCD99F #9FC1DC #BB9FDC

monochromatic

#BBB545 #CCC772 #DCD99F #ECEBCC #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCD99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#DCD99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD99F

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD99F	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D59B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.076 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4bb',
    500: '#dcd99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd99f;
$custom-light: #e7e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 46.565,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87373,
    "c": 0.07559,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD99F

secondary

#6B6FB4

accent

#33BA2C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD99F

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

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