#DCD8A8#DCD8A8

#DCD8A8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.063 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8A8
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 168)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 24%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 23.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, -6.24, 24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 25.02, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(87.35% -0.0149 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(87.35% 0.063 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.1389, 67.1555, 46.7797)
Luminance	0.6715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8A8 #A8ACDC

analogous

#DCBEA8 #DCD8A8 #C6DCA8

triadic

#DCD8A8 #A8DCD8 #D8A8DC

tetradic

#DCD8A8 #A8DCBE #A8ACDC #DCA8C6

square

#DCD8A8 #A8DCBE #A8ACDC #DCA8C6

split-complementary

#DCD8A8 #A8C6DC #BEA8DC

monochromatic

#B9B151 #CAC47C #DCD8A8 #EEECD4 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCD8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#DCD8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8A8

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8A8	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D4A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.063 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4c2',
    500: '#dcd8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8a8;
$custom-light: #e7e4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87351,
    "c": 0.06326,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8A8

secondary

#7479B4

accent

#3AB630

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8A8

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

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