#DCD8AA#DCD8AA

#DCD8AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.061 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8AA
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 170)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 22.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -5.96, 23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 23.99, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(87.39% -0.0141 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(87.39% 0.061 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.3266, 67.2306, 47.7686)
Luminance	0.6723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8AA #AAAEDC

analogous

#DCBFAA #DCD8AA #C7DCAA

triadic

#DCD8AA #AADCD8 #D8AADC

tetradic

#DCD8AA #AADCBF #AAAEDC #DCAAC7

square

#DCD8AA #AADCBF #AAAEDC #DCAAC7

split-complementary

#DCD8AA #AAC7DC #BFAADC

monochromatic

#B8B053 #CAC47F #DCD8AA #EEECD5 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCD8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#DCD8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8AA

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8AA	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.061 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4c3',
    500: '#dcd8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8aa;
$custom-light: #e7e4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87393,
    "c": 0.06074,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8AA

secondary

#767BB4

accent

#3BB531

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8AA

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

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