#DCDA96#DCDA96

#DCDA96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.088 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA96
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 150)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(58, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.79, -9.60, 33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.79, 35.13, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.0251 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.088 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.0921, 67.5616, 38.7234)
Luminance	0.6756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA96 #9698DC

analogous

#DCB796 #DCDA96 #BBDC96

triadic

#DCDA96 #96DCDA #DA96DC

tetradic

#DCDA96 #96DCB7 #9698DC #DC96BB

square

#DCDA96 #96DCB7 #9698DC #DC96BB

split-complementary

#DCDA96 #96BBDC #B796DC

monochromatic

#BAB63E #CDCA68 #DCDA96 #EBEAC4 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#DCDA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA96

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA96	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.088 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e5b5',
    500: '#dcda96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda96;
$custom-light: #e7e5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8741,
    "c": 0.08762,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA96

secondary

#6365B4

accent

#2CBD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA96

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

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