#DCD6AA#DCD6AA

#DCD6AA is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.058 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD6AA
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 170)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 22.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.10, -4.94, 22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.10, 23.06, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0112 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.058 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.8174, 66.2121, 47.5988)
Luminance	0.6621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD6AA #AAB0DC

analogous

#DCBDAA #DCD6AA #C9DCAA

triadic

#DCD6AA #AADCD6 #D6AADC

tetradic

#DCD6AA #AADCBD #AAB0DC #DCAAC9

square

#DCD6AA #AADCBD #AAB0DC #DCAAC9

split-complementary

#DCD6AA #AAC9DC #BDAADC

monochromatic

#B8AC53 #CAC17F #DCD6AA #EEEBD5 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#DCD6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD6AA

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD6AA	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD3A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.058 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e2c3',
    500: '#dcd6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd6aa;
$custom-light: #e7e2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86986,
    "c": 0.05842,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD6AA

secondary

#767EB4

accent

#41B531

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD6AA

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

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