#DCD5AE#DCD5AE

#DCD5AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.052 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD5AE
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 174)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 20.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -3.86, 20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 20.55, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.0081 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.052 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.9492, 65.8611, 49.5379)
Luminance	0.6586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD5AE #AEB5DC

analogous

#DCBEAE #DCD5AE #CCDCAE

triadic

#DCD5AE #AEDCD5 #D5AEDC

tetradic

#DCD5AE #AEDCBE #AEB5DC #DCAECC

square

#DCD5AE #AEDCBE #AEB5DC #DCAECC

split-complementary

#DCD5AE #AECCDC #BEAEDC

monochromatic

#B7A959 #CABF83 #DCD5AE #EEEBD9 #F6F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#DCD5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD5AE

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD5AE	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.052 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1c6',
    500: '#dcd5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd5ae;
$custom-light: #e7e1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8687,
    "c": 0.05226,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD5AE

secondary

#7A83B4

accent

#46B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD5AE

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

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