#DCD8A2#DCD8A2

#DCD8A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.071 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8A2
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 162)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 26%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 26.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.47, -7.05, 27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.47, 28.10, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.23% -0.0174 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(87.23% 0.071 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.5928, 66.9370, 43.9036)
Luminance	0.6694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8A2 #A2A6DC

analogous

#DCBBA2 #DCD8A2 #C3DCA2

triadic

#DCD8A2 #A2DCD8 #D8A2DC

tetradic

#DCD8A2 #A2DCBB #A2A6DC #DCA2C3

square

#DCD8A2 #A2DCBB #A2A6DC #DCA2C3

split-complementary

#DCD8A2 #A2C3DC #BBA2DC

monochromatic

#BBB349 #CBC576 #DCD8A2 #EDEBCE #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#DCD8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8A2

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8A2	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D49E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D7A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.071 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4be',
    500: '#dcd8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8a2;
$custom-light: #e7e4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 45.313,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87227,
    "c": 0.07073,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8A2

secondary

#6E73B4

accent

#37B82D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8A2

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

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