#DCD8C2#DCD8C2

#DCD8C2 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.030 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8C2
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 194)
HSL	hsl(51, 27%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(51, 12%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 11.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.12, -2.36, 11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.12, 11.58, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.95% -0.0044 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(87.95% 0.03 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.8077, 68.2230, 60.8354)
Luminance	0.6822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8C2 #C2C6DC

analogous

#DCCBC2 #DCD8C2 #D3DCC2

triadic

#DCD8C2 #C2DCD8 #D8C2DC

tetradic

#DCD8C2 #C2DCCB #C2C6DC #DCC2D3

square

#DCD8C2 #C2DCCB #C2C6DC #DCC2D3

split-complementary

#DCD8C2 #C2D3DC #CBC2DC

monochromatic

#AFA674 #C6BF9B #DCD8C2 #F2F1E9 #F4F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCD8C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DCD8C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8C2

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8C2	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD6C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED8C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.030 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4d4',
    500: '#dcd8c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8c2;
$custom-light: #e7e4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 27.083,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8795,
    "c": 0.02983,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8C2

secondary

#8F95B3

accent

#4FA640

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161514

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8C2

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

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