#DCD8A0#DCD8A0

#DCD8A0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.073 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8A0
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 160)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 27.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.44, -7.32, 28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.44, 29.12, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0182 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.073 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.4164, 66.8665, 42.9747)
Luminance	0.6686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8A0 #A0A4DC

analogous

#DCBAA0 #DCD8A0 #C2DCA0

triadic

#DCD8A0 #A0DCD8 #D8A0DC

tetradic

#DCD8A0 #A0DCBA #A0A4DC #DCA0C2

square

#DCD8A0 #A0DCBA #A0A4DC #DCA0C2

split-complementary

#DCD8A0 #A0C2DC #BAA0DC

monochromatic

#BBB347 #CCC673 #DCD8A0 #ECEACD #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#DCD8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8A0

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8A0	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)

#E2D49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.073 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4bc',
    500: '#dcd8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8a0;
$custom-light: #e7e4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87187,
    "c": 0.07318,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8A0

secondary

#6C71B4

accent

#36B92C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8A0

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

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