#DCD6AE#DCD6AE

#DCD6AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.053 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD6AE
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 174)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 20.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.18, -4.37, 20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.18, 21.00, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(87.07% -0.0096 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(87.07% 0.053 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.2015, 66.3657, 49.6220)
Luminance	0.6636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD6AE #AEB4DC

analogous

#DCBFAE #DCD6AE #CBDCAE

triadic

#DCD6AE #AEDCD6 #D6AEDC

tetradic

#DCD6AE #AEDCBF #AEB4DC #DCAECB

square

#DCD6AE #AEDCBF #AEB4DC #DCAECB

split-complementary

#DCD6AE #AECBDC #BFAEDC

monochromatic

#B7AB59 #CAC083 #DCD6AE #EEECD9 #F6F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#DCD6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD6AE

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD6AE	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.053 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e2c6',
    500: '#dcd6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd6ae;
$custom-light: #e7e2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87073,
    "c": 0.05337,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD6AE

secondary

#7A82B4

accent

#44B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD6AE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →