#DCD7AE#DCD7AE

#DCD7AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.055 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD7AE
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 174)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 20.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.44, -4.88, 20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.44, 21.46, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.011 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.055 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.4554, 66.8734, 49.7066)
Luminance	0.6687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD7AE #AEB3DC

analogous

#DCC0AE #DCD7AE #CADCAE

triadic

#DCD7AE #AEDCD7 #D7AEDC

tetradic

#DCD7AE #AEDCC0 #AEB3DC #DCAECA

square

#DCD7AE #AEDCC0 #AEB3DC #DCAECA

split-complementary

#DCD7AE #AECADC #C0AEDC

monochromatic

#B7AD59 #CAC283 #DCD7AE #EEECD9 #F6F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD7AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#DCD7AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD7AE

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD7AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD7AE	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd7ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.055 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e3c6',
    500: '#dcd7ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd7ae;
$custom-light: #e7e3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd7ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87276,
    "c": 0.05451,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD7AE

secondary

#7A81B4

accent

#41B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD7AE

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

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