#DCD8A6#DCD8A6

#DCD8A6 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.066 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8A6
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 166)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 24.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.55, -6.51, 25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.55, 26.05, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.31% -0.0157 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(87.31% 0.066 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.9540, 67.0815, 45.8060)
Luminance	0.6708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8A6 #A6AADC

analogous

#DCBDA6 #DCD8A6 #C5DCA6

triadic

#DCD8A6 #A6DCD8 #D8A6DC

tetradic

#DCD8A6 #A6DCBD #A6AADC #DCA6C5

square

#DCD8A6 #A6DCBD #A6AADC #DCA6C5

split-complementary

#DCD8A6 #A6C5DC #BDA6DC

monochromatic

#B9B24E #CBC57A #DCD8A6 #EDEBD2 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#DCD8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8A6

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8A6	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D4A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D7A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.066 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4c0',
    500: '#dcd8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8a6;
$custom-light: #e7e4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87309,
    "c": 0.06575,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8A6

secondary

#7277B4

accent

#39B72F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8A6

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

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