#DCD9CD#DCD9CD

#DCD9CD is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.017 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD9CD
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 205)
HSL	hsl(48, 18%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(48, 7%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 6.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.63, -1.06, 6.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.63, 6.36, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(88.44% -0.0015 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(88.44% 0.017 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.3461, 69.2495, 67.6698)
Luminance	0.6925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD9CD #CDD0DC

analogous

#DCD1CD #DCD9CD #D7DCCD

triadic

#DCD9CD #CDDCD9 #D9CDDC

tetradic

#DCD9CD #CDDCD1 #CDD0DC #DCCDD7

square

#DCD9CD #CDDCD1 #CDD0DC #DCCDD7

split-complementary

#DCD9CD #CDD7DC #D1CDDC

monochromatic

#AAA285 #C3BEA9 #DCD9CD #F2F1ED #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DCD9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#DCD9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD9CD

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD9CD	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFD7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.017 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4dc',
    500: '#dcd9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd9cd;
$custom-light: #e6e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88435,
    "c": 0.01652,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD9CD

secondary

#9CA0B2

accent

#5A9C4A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFC

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161515

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD9CD

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

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