#DCD8A1#DCD8A1

#DCD8A1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.072 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8A1
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 161)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 26.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.45, -7.19, 27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.45, 28.61, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.21% -0.0178 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(87.21% 0.072 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.5043, 66.9016, 43.4373)
Luminance	0.6690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8A1 #A1A5DC

analogous

#DCBBA1 #DCD8A1 #C3DCA1

triadic

#DCD8A1 #A1DCD8 #D8A1DC

tetradic

#DCD8A1 #A1DCBB #A1A5DC #DCA1C3

square

#DCD8A1 #A1DCBB #A1A5DC #DCA1C3

split-complementary

#DCD8A1 #A1C3DC #BBA1DC

monochromatic

#BBB348 #CBC574 #DCD8A1 #EDEBCE #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#DCD8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8A1

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8A1	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D49D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D7A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.072 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4bd',
    500: '#dcd8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8a1;
$custom-light: #e7e4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 45.736,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87207,
    "c": 0.07196,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8A1

secondary

#6D72B4

accent

#36B92D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8A1

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

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