#DCDA99#DCDA99

#DCDA99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.084 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA99
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(58, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -9.23, 32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 33.62, 105.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.47% -0.0239 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(87.47% 0.084 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.3367, 67.6594, 40.0119)
Luminance	0.6766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA99 #999BDC

analogous

#DCB899 #DCDA99 #BCDC99

triadic

#DCDA99 #99DCDA #DA99DC

tetradic

#DCDA99 #99DCB8 #999BDC #DC99BC

square

#DCDA99 #99DCB8 #999BDC #DC99BC

split-complementary

#DCDA99 #99BCDC #B899DC

monochromatic

#BBB740 #CCC96B #DCDA99 #ECEBC7 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#DCDA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA99

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA99	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.084 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e5b7',
    500: '#dcda99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda99;
$custom-light: #e7e5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.209,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87465,
    "c": 0.08405,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA99

secondary

#6568B4

accent

#2EBC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA99

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

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