#DCD8A3#DCD8A3

#DCD8A3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.069 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8A3
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 163)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 26%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 25.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -6.92, 26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 27.58, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.25% -0.017 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(87.25% 0.069 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.6820, 66.9727, 44.3736)
Luminance	0.6697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8A3 #A3A7DC

analogous

#DCBBA3 #DCD8A3 #C4DCA3

triadic

#DCD8A3 #A3DCD8 #D8A3DC

tetradic

#DCD8A3 #A3DCBB #A3A7DC #DCA3C4

square

#DCD8A3 #A3DCBB #A3A7DC #DCA3C4

split-complementary

#DCD8A3 #A3C4DC #BBA3DC

monochromatic

#BAB24A #CBC577 #DCD8A3 #EDEBCF #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#DCD8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8A3

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8A3	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)

#E2D4A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D7A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.069 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4be',
    500: '#dcd8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8a3;
$custom-light: #e7e4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87248,
    "c": 0.06948,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8A3

secondary

#6F74B4

accent

#37B82D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8A3

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

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