#DCD6B2#DCD6B2

#DCD6B2 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.048 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD6B2
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 178)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 19%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 19.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.26, -3.79, 18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.26, 18.94, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.16% -0.0079 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(87.16% 0.048 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.5973, 66.5240, 51.7064)
Luminance	0.6652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD6B2 #B2B8DC

analogous

#DCC1B2 #DCD6B2 #CDDCB2

triadic

#DCD6B2 #B2DCD6 #D6B2DC

tetradic

#DCD6B2 #B2DCC1 #B2B8DC #DCB2CD

square

#DCD6B2 #B2DCC1 #B2B8DC #DCB2CD

split-complementary

#DCD6B2 #B2CDDC #C1B2DC

monochromatic

#B6A95E #C9C088 #DCD6B2 #EFECDC #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCD6B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#DCD6B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD6B2

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD6B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD6B2	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD6B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd6b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.048 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e2c9',
    500: '#dcd6b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd6b2;
$custom-light: #e7e2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd6b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87163,
    "c": 0.04828,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD6B2

secondary

#7E86B4

accent

#47B035

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD6B2

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

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