#DCD8BA#DCD8BA

#DCD8BA is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.040 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8BA
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 186)
HSL	hsl(53, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(53, 15%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 15.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.94, -3.61, 15.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.94, 15.72, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.75% -0.0076 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(87.75% 0.04 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.9333, 67.8733, 56.2304)
Luminance	0.6787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8BA #BABEDC

analogous

#DCC7BA #DCD8BA #CFDCBA

triadic

#DCD8BA #BADCD8 #D8BADC

tetradic

#DCD8BA #BADCC7 #BABEDC #DCBACF

square

#DCD8BA #BADCC7 #BABEDC #DCBACF

split-complementary

#DCD8BA #BACFDC #C7BADC

monochromatic

#B3AA69 #C7C191 #DCD8BA #F1EFE3 #F5F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCD8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#DCD8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8BA

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8BA	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED6B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.040 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4ce',
    500: '#dcd8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8ba;
$custom-light: #e7e4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 32.692,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87754,
    "c": 0.04025,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8BA

secondary

#878CB4

accent

#47AB3A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161513

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8BA

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

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