#DCDD97#DCDD97

#DCDD97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.090 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD97
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 151)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(61, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 31.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.59, -10.99, 34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.59, 36.05, 107.75°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.029 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.09 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.9579, 69.1639, 39.4109)
Luminance	0.6916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD97 #9897DD

analogous

#DDBB97 #DCDD97 #B9DD97

triadic

#DCDD97 #97DCDD #DD97DC

tetradic

#DCDD97 #97DDBB #9897DD #DD97B9

square

#DCDD97 #97DDBB #9897DD #DD97B9

split-complementary

#DCDD97 #97B9DD #BB97DD

monochromatic

#BABC3D #CCCE69 #DCDD97 #ECECC5 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DCDD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#DCDD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD97

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD97	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)

#E8D792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.090 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e7b6',
    500: '#dcdd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd97;
$custom-light: #e7e7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.857,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88048,
    "c": 0.09006,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD97

secondary

#6463B5

accent

#27BE2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD97

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

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