#DCDC97#DCDC97

#DCDC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.089 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC97
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 151)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.32, -10.49, 33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.32, 35.57, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(87.84% -0.0276 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(87.84% 0.089 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.6947, 68.6374, 39.3232)
Luminance	0.6864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC97 #9797DC

analogous

#DCB997 #DCDC97 #B9DC97

triadic

#DCDC97 #97DCDC #DC97DC

tetradic

#DCDC97 #97DCB9 #9797DC #DC97B9

square

#DCDC97 #97DCB9 #9797DC #DC97B9

split-complementary

#DCDC97 #97B9DC #B997DC

monochromatic

#BABA3F #CDCD69 #DCDC97 #EBEBC5 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCDC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#DCDC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC97

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC97	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.089 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6b6',
    500: '#dcdc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc97;
$custom-light: #e7e6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87841,
    "c": 0.08885,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC97

secondary

#6464B4

accent

#29BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC97

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

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