#DCD8AC#DCD8AC

#DCD8AC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.058 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8AC
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 172)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 22%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 21.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.66, -5.68, 22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.66, 22.96, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(87.44% -0.0133 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(87.44% 0.058 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.5173, 67.3068, 48.7725)
Luminance	0.6731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8AC #ACB0DC

analogous

#DCC0AC #DCD8AC #C8DCAC

triadic

#DCD8AC #ACDCD8 #D8ACDC

tetradic

#DCD8AC #ACDCC0 #ACB0DC #DCACC8

square

#DCD8AC #ACDCC0 #ACB0DC #DCACC8

split-complementary

#DCD8AC #ACC8DC #C0ACDC

monochromatic

#B8B056 #CAC481 #DCD8AC #EEECD7 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCD8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#DCD8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8AC

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8AC	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.058 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4c5',
    500: '#dcd8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8ac;
$custom-light: #e7e4c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87436,
    "c": 0.05821,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8AC

secondary

#787DB4

accent

#3DB432

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8AC

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

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