#DCD9C8#DCD9C8

#DCD9C8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.023 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD9C8
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 200)
HSL	hsl(51, 22%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(51, 9%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 9.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -1.90, 8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 8.94, 102.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.3% -0.0035 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(88.3% 0.023 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.7521, 69.0119, 64.5418)
Luminance	0.6901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD9C8 #C8CBDC

analogous

#DCCFC8 #DCD9C8 #D5DCC8

triadic

#DCD9C8 #C8DCD9 #D9C8DC

tetradic

#DCD9C8 #C8DCCF #C8CBDC #DCC8D5

square

#DCD9C8 #C8DCCF #C8CBDC #DCC8D5

split-complementary

#DCD9C8 #C8D5DC #CFC8DC

monochromatic

#ACA57D #C4BFA3 #DCD9C8 #F3F2EC #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DCD9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#DCD9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD9C8

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD9C8	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD8C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.023 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4d8',
    500: '#dcd9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd9c8;
$custom-light: #e6e4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88304,
    "c": 0.02309,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD9C8

secondary

#969AB2

accent

#53A145

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161514

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD9C8

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

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