#DCD5AC#DCD5AC

#DCD5AC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.055 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD5AC
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 172)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 22%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 21.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.89, -4.14, 21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.89, 21.58, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.0089 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.055 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.7557, 65.7837, 48.5187)
Luminance	0.6578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD5AC #ACB3DC

analogous

#DCBDAC #DCD5AC #CBDCAC

triadic

#DCD5AC #ACDCD5 #D5ACDC

tetradic

#DCD5AC #ACDCBD #ACB3DC #DCACCB

square

#DCD5AC #ACDCBD #ACB3DC #DCACCB

split-complementary

#DCD5AC #ACCBDC #BDACDC

monochromatic

#B8A956 #CABF81 #DCD5AC #EEEBD7 #F6F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#DCD5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD5AC

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD5AC	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.055 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1c4',
    500: '#dcd5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd5ac;
$custom-light: #e7e1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86826,
    "c": 0.05479,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD5AC

secondary

#7881B4

accent

#45B432

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD5AC

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

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