#DCDB97#DCDB97

#DCDB97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.088 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDB97
RGB	rgb(220, 219, 151)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.06, -9.98, 33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.06, 35.10, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.63% -0.0261 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(87.63% 0.088 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.4330, 68.1141, 39.2359)
Luminance	0.6811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDB97 #9798DC

analogous

#DCB897 #DCDB97 #BBDC97

triadic

#DCDB97 #97DCDB #DB97DC

tetradic

#DCDB97 #97DCB8 #9798DC #DC97BB

square

#DCDB97 #97DCB8 #9798DC #DC97BB

split-complementary

#DCDB97 #97BBDC #B897DC

monochromatic

#BAB83F #CDCB69 #DCDB97 #EBEBC5 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCDB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#DCDB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDB97

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDB97	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 219, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.088 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6b6',
    500: '#dcdb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdb97;
$custom-light: #e7e6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87634,
    "c": 0.08763,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDB97

secondary

#6465B4

accent

#2BBD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDB97

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

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