#DCD4AE#DCD4AE

#DCD4AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.051 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD4AE
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 174)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 20.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.67, -3.34, 19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.67, 20.11, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0066 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.051 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.6985, 65.3596, 49.4543)
Luminance	0.6536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD4AE #AEB6DC

analogous

#DCBDAE #DCD4AE #CDDCAE

triadic

#DCD4AE #AEDCD4 #D4AEDC

tetradic

#DCD4AE #AEDCBD #AEB6DC #DCAECD

square

#DCD4AE #AEDCBD #AEB6DC #DCAECD

split-complementary

#DCD4AE #AECDDC #BDAEDC

monochromatic

#B7A759 #CABD83 #DCD4AE #EEEBD9 #F6F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#DCD4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD4AE

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD4AE	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.051 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1c6',
    500: '#dcd4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd4ae;
$custom-light: #e7e1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86667,
    "c": 0.05118,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD4AE

secondary

#7A84B4

accent

#49B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD4AE

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

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