#DCD3AD#DCD3AD

#DCD3AD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.051 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD3AD
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 173)
HSL	hsl(49, 40%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(49, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 21.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -2.97, 19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 20.19, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.44% -0.0056 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(86.44% 0.051 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.3522, 64.8224, 48.8597)
Luminance	0.6482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD3AD #ADB6DC

analogous

#DCBCAD #DCD3AD #CEDCAD

triadic

#DCD3AD #ADDCD3 #D3ADDC

tetradic

#DCD3AD #ADDCBC #ADB6DC #DCADCE

square

#DCD3AD #ADDCBC #ADB6DC #DCADCE

split-complementary

#DCD3AD #ADCEDC #BCADDC

monochromatic

#B7A557 #CABC82 #DCD3AD #EEEAD8 #F6F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#DCD3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD3AD

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD3AD	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.051 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e0c5',
    500: '#dcd3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd3ad;
$custom-light: #e7e0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86443,
    "c": 0.05139,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD3AD

secondary

#7984B4

accent

#4BB332

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD3AD

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

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