#DCD9CB#DCD9CB

#DCD9CB is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.019 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD9CB
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 203)
HSL	hsl(49, 20%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(49, 8%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 7.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.58, -1.40, 7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.58, 7.39, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(88.38% -0.0023 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(88.38% 0.019 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.1062, 69.1536, 66.4064)
Luminance	0.6915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD9CB #CBCEDC

analogous

#DCD0CB #DCD9CB #D6DCCB

triadic

#DCD9CB #CBDCD9 #D9CBDC

tetradic

#DCD9CB #CBDCD0 #CBCEDC #DCCBD6

square

#DCD9CB #CBDCD0 #CBCEDC #DCCBD6

split-complementary

#DCD9CB #CBD6DC #D0CBDC

monochromatic

#ABA482 #C3BEA6 #DCD9CB #F3F2ED #F3F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DCD9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#DCD9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD9CB

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD9CB	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFD7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.019 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4da',
    500: '#dcd9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd9cb;
$custom-light: #e6e4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 19.54,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88382,
    "c": 0.01915,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD9CB

secondary

#999EB2

accent

#579E48

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161514

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD9CB

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

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