#DCD9CA#DCD9CA

#DCD9CA is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.020 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD9CA
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 202)
HSL	hsl(50, 20%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(50, 8%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 8.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -1.57, 7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 7.90, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(88.36% -0.0027 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(88.36% 0.02 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.9874, 69.1060, 65.7809)
Luminance	0.6911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD9CA #CACDDC

analogous

#DCD0CA #DCD9CA #D6DCCA

triadic

#DCD9CA #CADCD9 #D9CADC

tetradic

#DCD9CA #CADCD0 #CACDDC #DCCAD6

square

#DCD9CA #CADCD0 #CACDDC #DCCAD6

split-complementary

#DCD9CA #CAD6DC #D0CADC

monochromatic

#ABA480 #C4BFA5 #DCD9CA #F3F2ED #F3F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DCD9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#DCD9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD9CA

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD9CA	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFD7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.020 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4da',
    500: '#dcd9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd9ca;
$custom-light: #e6e4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 20.455,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88356,
    "c": 0.02046,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD9CA

secondary

#989DB2

accent

#559F47

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161514

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD9CA

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

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