#DCDD96#DCDD96

#DCDD96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.091 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD96
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 150)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(61, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.57, -11.11, 34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.57, 36.56, 107.69°)
OKLab	oklab(88.03% -0.0294 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(88.03% 0.091 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.8771, 69.1316, 38.9850)
Luminance	0.6913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD96 #9796DD

analogous

#DDBA96 #DCDD96 #B8DD96

triadic

#DCDD96 #96DCDD #DD96DC

tetradic

#DCDD96 #96DDBA #9796DD #DD96B8

square

#DCDD96 #96DDBA #9796DD #DD96B8

split-complementary

#DCDD96 #96B8DD #BA96DD

monochromatic

#BABC3D #CDCE68 #DCDD96 #EBECC4 #F7F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DCDD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#DCDD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD96

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD96	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.091 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e7b5',
    500: '#dcdd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd96;
$custom-light: #e8e7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.845,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8803,
    "c": 0.09124,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD96

secondary

#6462B5

accent

#27BE29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD96

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

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