#DCD5AB#DCD5AB

#DCD5AB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.056 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD5AB
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 171)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 22%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 22.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.87, -4.28, 21.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.87, 22.10, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.0093 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.056 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.6600, 65.7454, 48.0148)
Luminance	0.6574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD5AB #ABB2DC

analogous

#DCBDAB #DCD5AB #CBDCAB

triadic

#DCD5AB #ABDCD5 #D5ABDC

tetradic

#DCD5AB #ABDCBD #ABB2DC #DCABCB

square

#DCD5AB #ABDCBD #ABB2DC #DCABCB

split-complementary

#DCD5AB #ABCBDC #BDABDC

monochromatic

#B8AA55 #CABF80 #DCD5AB #EEEBD6 #F6F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#DCD5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD5AB

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD5AB	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.056 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1c4',
    500: '#dcd5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd5ab;
$custom-light: #e7e1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86804,
    "c": 0.05605,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD5AB

secondary

#7780B4

accent

#44B431

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD5AB

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

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