#DCD9AA#DCD9AA

#DCD9AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.062 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD9AA
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 170)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 22.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.88, -6.47, 23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.88, 24.46, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(87.6% -0.0156 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(87.6% 0.062 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.5836, 67.7445, 47.8542)
Luminance	0.6774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD9AA #AAADDC

analogous

#DCC0AA #DCD9AA #C6DCAA

triadic

#DCD9AA #AADCD9 #D9AADC

tetradic

#DCD9AA #AADCC0 #AAADDC #DCAAC6

square

#DCD9AA #AADCC0 #AAADDC #DCAAC6

split-complementary

#DCD9AA #AAC6DC #C0AADC

monochromatic

#B8B253 #CAC67F #DCD9AA #EEECD5 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCD9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#DCD9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD9AA

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD9AA	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D5A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.062 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4c3',
    500: '#dcd9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd9aa;
$custom-light: #e7e4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87597,
    "c": 0.06193,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD9AA

secondary

#767AB4

accent

#39B531

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD9AA

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

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