#DCD5B2#DCD5B2

#DCD5B2 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.047 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD5B2
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 178)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 19%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 19.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.01, -3.27, 18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.01, 18.49, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0065 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.047 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.3450, 66.0194, 51.6223)
Luminance	0.6602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD5B2 #B2B9DC

analogous

#DCC0B2 #DCD5B2 #CEDCB2

triadic

#DCD5B2 #B2DCD5 #D5B2DC

tetradic

#DCD5B2 #B2DCC0 #B2B9DC #DCB2CE

square

#DCD5B2 #B2DCC0 #B2B9DC #DCB2CE

split-complementary

#DCD5B2 #B2CEDC #C0B2DC

monochromatic

#B6A75E #C9BE88 #DCD5B2 #EFECDC #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DCD5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD5B2

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD5B2	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED6B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.047 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1c9',
    500: '#dcd5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd5b2;
$custom-light: #e7e1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8696,
    "c": 0.04718,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD5B2

secondary

#7E87B4

accent

#4AB035

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD5B2

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

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