#DCD9BE#DCD9BE

#DCD9BE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.036 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD9BE
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 190)
HSL	hsl(54, 30%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(54, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 13.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -3.51, 13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 14.13, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.0075 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.036 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.6215, 68.5597, 58.5869)
Luminance	0.6856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD9BE #BEC1DC

analogous

#DCCABE #DCD9BE #D0DCBE

triadic

#DCD9BE #BEDCD9 #D9BEDC

tetradic

#DCD9BE #BEDCCA #BEC1DC #DCBED0

square

#DCD9BE #BEDCCA #BEC1DC #DCBED0

split-complementary

#DCD9BE #BED0DC #CABEDC

monochromatic

#B1AA6E #C7C296 #DCD9BE #F1F0E6 #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCD9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#DCD9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD9BE

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD9BE	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.036 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4d1',
    500: '#dcd9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd9be;
$custom-light: #e7e4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88053,
    "c": 0.03623,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD9BE

secondary

#8B8FB3

accent

#48A93D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161514

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD9BE

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

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