#DCD8AB#DCD8AB

#DCD8AB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.059 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8AB
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 171)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 22%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 22.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -5.82, 22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 23.48, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.0137 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.059 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.4216, 67.2686, 48.2687)
Luminance	0.6727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8AB #ABAFDC

analogous

#DCC0AB #DCD8AB #C8DCAB

triadic

#DCD8AB #ABDCD8 #D8ABDC

tetradic

#DCD8AB #ABDCC0 #ABAFDC #DCABC8

square

#DCD8AB #ABDCC0 #ABAFDC #DCABC8

split-complementary

#DCD8AB #ABC8DC #C0ABDC

monochromatic

#B8B055 #CAC480 #DCD8AB #EEECD6 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCD8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#DCD8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8AB

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8AB	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)

#E0D5A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.059 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4c4',
    500: '#dcd8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8ab;
$custom-light: #e7e4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87415,
    "c": 0.05948,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8AB

secondary

#777CB4

accent

#3CB431

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8AB

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

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