#DCD8BE#DCD8BE

#DCD8BE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.035 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8BE
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 190)
HSL	hsl(52, 30%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 13.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.03, -2.99, 13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.03, 13.65, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% -0.006 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.035 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.3645, 68.0457, 58.5013)
Luminance	0.6804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8BE #BEC2DC

analogous

#DCC9BE #DCD8BE #D1DCBE

triadic

#DCD8BE #BEDCD8 #D8BEDC

tetradic

#DCD8BE #BEDCC9 #BEC2DC #DCBED1

square

#DCD8BE #BEDCC9 #BEC2DC #DCBED1

split-complementary

#DCD8BE #BED1DC #C9BEDC

monochromatic

#B1A86E #C7C096 #DCD8BE #F1F0E6 #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCD8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#DCD8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8BE

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8BE	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.035 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4d1',
    500: '#dcd8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8be;
$custom-light: #e7e4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87851,
    "c": 0.03505,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8BE

secondary

#8B90B3

accent

#4BA93D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161514

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8BE

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

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