#DCD8B2#DCD8B2

#DCD8B2 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.051 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8B2
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 178)
HSL	hsl(54, 38%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(54, 19%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 19.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -4.81, 19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 19.86, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(87.57% -0.0109 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(87.57% 0.051 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.1066, 67.5426, 51.8761)
Luminance	0.6754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8B2 #B2B6DC

analogous

#DCC3B2 #DCD8B2 #CBDCB2

triadic

#DCD8B2 #B2DCD8 #D8B2DC

tetradic

#DCD8B2 #B2DCC3 #B2B6DC #DCB2CB

square

#DCD8B2 #B2DCC3 #B2B6DC #DCB2CB

split-complementary

#DCD8B2 #B2CBDC #C3B2DC

monochromatic

#B6AD5E #C9C388 #DCD8B2 #EFEDDC #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCD8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#DCD8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8B2

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8B2	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD5B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D8B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.051 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4c9',
    500: '#dcd8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8b2;
$custom-light: #e7e4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87569,
    "c": 0.05057,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8B2

secondary

#7E83B4

accent

#41B035

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8B2

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

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