#DCD9AE#DCD9AE

#DCD9AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.057 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD9AE
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 174)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 20.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.96, -5.91, 21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.96, 22.40, 105.29°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% -0.0139 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.057 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.9678, 67.8982, 49.8774)
Luminance	0.6790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD9AE #AEB1DC

analogous

#DCC2AE #DCD9AE #C8DCAE

triadic

#DCD9AE #AEDCD9 #D9AEDC

tetradic

#DCD9AE #AEDCC2 #AEB1DC #DCAEC8

square

#DCD9AE #AEDCC2 #AEB1DC #DCAEC8

split-complementary

#DCD9AE #AEC8DC #C2AEDC

monochromatic

#B7B159 #CAC583 #DCD9AE #EEEDD9 #F6F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCD9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#DCD9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD9AE

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD9AE	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D6AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.057 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4c6',
    500: '#dcd9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd9ae;
$custom-light: #e7e4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87684,
    "c": 0.05687,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD9AE

secondary

#7A7EB4

accent

#3BB333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD9AE

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

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