#DCD8A4#DCD8A4

#DCD8A4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.068 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8A4
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 164)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 25.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -6.79, 26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 27.07, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.27% -0.0165 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(87.27% 0.068 104)
XYZ	xyz(60.7720, 67.0087, 44.8473)
Luminance	0.6701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8A4 #A4A8DC

analogous

#DCBCA4 #DCD8A4 #C4DCA4

triadic

#DCD8A4 #A4DCD8 #D8A4DC

tetradic

#DCD8A4 #A4DCBC #A4A8DC #DCA4C4

square

#DCD8A4 #A4DCBC #A4A8DC #DCA4C4

split-complementary

#DCD8A4 #A4C4DC #BCA4DC

monochromatic

#BAB24C #CBC578 #DCD8A4 #EDEBD0 #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#DCD8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8A4

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8A4	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D4A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D7A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.068 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4bf',
    500: '#dcd8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8a4;
$custom-light: #e7e4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87268,
    "c": 0.06825,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.67008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8A4

secondary

#7075B4

accent

#38B82E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8A4

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

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