#DCD8A7#DCD8A7

#DCD8A7 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.065 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8A7
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 167)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 24%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 24.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.56, -6.38, 24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.56, 25.53, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.0153 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.065 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.0461, 67.1184, 46.2910)
Luminance	0.6712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8A7 #A7ABDC

analogous

#DCBDA7 #DCD8A7 #C5DCA7

triadic

#DCD8A7 #A7DCD8 #D8A7DC

tetradic

#DCD8A7 #A7DCBD #A7ABDC #DCA7C5

square

#DCD8A7 #A7DCBD #A7ABDC #DCA7C5

split-complementary

#DCD8A7 #A7C5DC #BDA7DC

monochromatic

#B9B14F #CBC57B #DCD8A7 #EDEBD3 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#DCD8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8A7

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8A7	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)

#E1D4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D7A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.065 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4c1',
    500: '#dcd8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8a7;
$custom-light: #e7e4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 43.089,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8733,
    "c": 0.06451,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8A7

secondary

#7378B4

accent

#39B62F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8A7

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

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