#DCD8A9#DCD8A9

#DCD8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.062 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8A9
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 169)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 23.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.60, -6.10, 23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.60, 24.50, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.0145 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.062 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.2324, 67.1929, 47.2723)
Luminance	0.6719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8A9 #A9ADDC

analogous

#DCBFA9 #DCD8A9 #C7DCA9

triadic

#DCD8A9 #A9DCD8 #D8A9DC

tetradic

#DCD8A9 #A9DCBF #A9ADDC #DCA9C7

square

#DCD8A9 #A9DCBF #A9ADDC #DCA9C7

split-complementary

#DCD8A9 #A9C7DC #BFA9DC

monochromatic

#B9B152 #CAC47E #DCD8A9 #EEECD4 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCD8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#DCD8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8A9

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8A9	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D4A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.062 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4c2',
    500: '#dcd8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8a9;
$custom-light: #e7e4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87372,
    "c": 0.06199,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8A9

secondary

#757AB4

accent

#3BB530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8A9

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

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