#DCD8A5#DCD8A5

#DCD8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.067 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8A5
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 165)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 25%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.53, -6.65, 25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.53, 26.56, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0161 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.067 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.8626, 67.0450, 45.3248)
Luminance	0.6704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8A5 #A5A9DC

analogous

#DCBCA5 #DCD8A5 #C4DCA5

triadic

#DCD8A5 #A5DCD8 #D8A5DC

tetradic

#DCD8A5 #A5DCBC #A5A9DC #DCA5C4

square

#DCD8A5 #A5DCBC #A5A9DC #DCA5C4

split-complementary

#DCD8A5 #A5C4DC #BCA5DC

monochromatic

#BAB24D #CBC579 #DCD8A5 #EDEBD1 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#DCD8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8A5

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8A5	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D4A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D7A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.067 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4c0',
    500: '#dcd8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8a5;
$custom-light: #e7e4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87288,
    "c": 0.06701,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8A5

secondary

#7176B4

accent

#38B72E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8A5

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

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