#DCD9AF#DCD9AF

#DCD9AF is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.056 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD9AF
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 175)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 20%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 20.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.98, -5.76, 21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.98, 21.89, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(87.71% -0.0135 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(87.71% 0.056 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.0656, 67.9373, 50.3927)
Luminance	0.6794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD9AF #AFB2DC

analogous

#DCC3AF #DCD9AF #C9DCAF

triadic

#DCD9AF #AFDCD9 #D9AFDC

tetradic

#DCD9AF #AFDCC3 #AFB2DC #DCAFC9

square

#DCD9AF #AFDCC3 #AFB2DC #DCAFC9

split-complementary

#DCD9AF #AFC9DC #C3AFDC

monochromatic

#B7B15A #C9C584 #DCD9AF #EFEDDA #F6F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DCD9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#DCD9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD9AF

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD9AF	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.056 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4c7',
    500: '#dcd9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd9af;
$custom-light: #e7e4c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87705,
    "c": 0.05559,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD9AF

secondary

#7B7FB4

accent

#3CB233

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD9AF

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

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