#DCD9C2#DCD9C2

#DCD9C2 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.031 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD9C2
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 194)
HSL	hsl(53, 27%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(53, 12%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 11.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.37, -2.87, 11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.37, 12.05, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.15% -0.0059 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(88.15% 0.031 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.0647, 68.7369, 60.9211)
Luminance	0.6874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD9C2 #C2C5DC

analogous

#DCCCC2 #DCD9C2 #D2DCC2

triadic

#DCD9C2 #C2DCD9 #D9C2DC

tetradic

#DCD9C2 #C2DCCC #C2C5DC #DCC2D2

square

#DCD9C2 #C2DCCC #C2C5DC #DCC2D2

split-complementary

#DCD9C2 #C2D2DC #CCC2DC

monochromatic

#AFA974 #C6C19B #DCD9C2 #F2F1E9 #F4F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DCD9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#DCD9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD9C2

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD9C2	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED7C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD9C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.031 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4d4',
    500: '#dcd9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd9c2;
$custom-light: #e7e4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 27.083,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88151,
    "c": 0.03098,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD9C2

secondary

#8F93B3

accent

#4CA640

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161514

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD9C2

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

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