#DCDC96#DCDC96

#DCDC96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.090 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC96
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.31, -10.61, 34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.31, 36.08, 107.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.82% -0.028 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(87.82% 0.09 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.6138, 68.6051, 38.8973)
Luminance	0.6860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC96 #9696DC

analogous

#DCB996 #DCDC96 #B9DC96

triadic

#DCDC96 #96DCDC #DC96DC

tetradic

#DCDC96 #96DCB9 #9696DC #DC96B9

square

#DCDC96 #96DCB9 #9696DC #DC96B9

split-complementary

#DCDC96 #96B9DC #B996DC

monochromatic

#BABA3E #CDCD68 #DCDC96 #EBEBC4 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCDC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#DCDC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC96

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC96	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.090 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6b5',
    500: '#dcdc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc96;
$custom-light: #e7e6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87823,
    "c": 0.09003,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC96

secondary

#6363B4

accent

#28BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC96

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

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