#DCDAB9#DCDAB9

#DCDAB9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.044 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDAB9
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 185)
HSL	hsl(57, 33%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(57, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 15.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -4.79, 16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 17.20, 106.18°)
OKLab	oklab(88.14% -0.0109 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(88.14% 0.044 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.3429, 68.8619, 55.8443)
Luminance	0.6886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDAB9 #B9BBDC

analogous

#DCC9B9 #DCDAB9 #CDDCB9

triadic

#DCDAB9 #B9DCDA #DAB9DC

tetradic

#DCDAB9 #B9DCC9 #B9BBDC #DCB9CD

square

#DCDAB9 #B9DCC9 #B9BBDC #DCB9CD

split-complementary

#DCDAB9 #B9CDDC #C9B9DC

monochromatic

#B3AF67 #C8C490 #DCDAB9 #F0F0E2 #F5F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DCDAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#DCDAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDAB9

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDAB9	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D7B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.044 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e5ce',
    500: '#dcdab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdab9;
$custom-light: #e7e5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88136,
    "c": 0.04395,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDAB9

secondary

#8688B4

accent

#40AC39

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFA

border

#D5D5D3

text

#161513

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDAB9

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

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