#DCDA97#DCDA97

#DCDA97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.086 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA97
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 151)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(58, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.80, -9.48, 33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.80, 34.63, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.43% -0.0247 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(87.43% 0.086 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.1729, 67.5939, 39.1492)
Luminance	0.6759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA97 #9799DC

analogous

#DCB797 #DCDA97 #BBDC97

triadic

#DCDA97 #97DCDA #DA97DC

tetradic

#DCDA97 #97DCB7 #9799DC #DC97BB

square

#DCDA97 #97DCB7 #9799DC #DC97BB

split-complementary

#DCDA97 #97BBDC #B797DC

monochromatic

#BAB63F #CDCA69 #DCDA97 #EBEAC5 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#DCDA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA97

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA97	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.086 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e5b6',
    500: '#dcda97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda97;
$custom-light: #e7e5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87428,
    "c": 0.08644,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA97

secondary

#6466B4

accent

#2DBD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA97

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

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