#DCDB99#DCDB99

#DCDB99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.085 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDB99
RGB	rgb(220, 219, 153)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -9.73, 32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 34.09, 106.59°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.0253 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.085 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.5968, 68.1796, 40.0986)
Luminance	0.6818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDB99 #999ADC

analogous

#DCB999 #DCDB99 #BBDC99

triadic

#DCDB99 #99DCDB #DB99DC

tetradic

#DCDB99 #99DCB9 #999ADC #DC99BB

square

#DCDB99 #99DCB9 #999ADC #DC99BB

split-complementary

#DCDB99 #99BBDC #B999DC

monochromatic

#BBB940 #CCCB6B #DCDB99 #ECEBC7 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCDB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DCDB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDB99

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDB99	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 219, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.085 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6b7',
    500: '#dcdb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdb99;
$custom-light: #e7e6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87671,
    "c": 0.08525,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDB99

secondary

#6567B4

accent

#2BBC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDB99

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

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