#DCD8AE#DCD8AE

#DCD8AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.056 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8AE
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 174)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 20.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.70, -5.40, 21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.70, 21.93, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(87.48% -0.0125 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(87.48% 0.056 103)
XYZ	xyz(61.7108, 67.3842, 49.7918)
Luminance	0.6738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8AE #AEB2DC

analogous

#DCC1AE #DCD8AE #C9DCAE

triadic

#DCD8AE #AEDCD8 #D8AEDC

tetradic

#DCD8AE #AEDCC1 #AEB2DC #DCAEC9

square

#DCD8AE #AEDCC1 #AEB2DC #DCAEC9

split-complementary

#DCD8AE #AEC9DC #C1AEDC

monochromatic

#B7AF59 #CAC383 #DCD8AE #EEEDD9 #F6F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCD8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#DCD8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8AE

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8AE	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.056 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4c6',
    500: '#dcd8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8ae;
$custom-light: #e7e4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8748,
    "c": 0.05568,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.67383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8AE

secondary

#7A7FB4

accent

#3EB333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8AE

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

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