#DCDCA0#DCDCA0

#DCDCA0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.078 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDCA0
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 160)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(60, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 27.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.47, -9.35, 29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.47, 31.02, 107.54°)
OKLab	oklab(88.01% -0.024 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(88.01% 0.078 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.4537, 68.9410, 43.3205)
Luminance	0.6894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDCA0 #A0A0DC

analogous

#DCBEA0 #DCDCA0 #BEDCA0

triadic

#DCDCA0 #A0DCDC #DCA0DC

tetradic

#DCDCA0 #A0DCBE #A0A0DC #DCA0BE

square

#DCDCA0 #A0DCBE #A0A0DC #DCA0BE

split-complementary

#DCDCA0 #A0BEDC #BEA0DC

monochromatic

#BBBB47 #CCCC73 #DCDCA0 #ECECCD #F7F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DCDCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#DCDCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDCA0

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDCA0	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7DAA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.078 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6bc',
    500: '#dcdca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdca0;
$custom-light: #e7e6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8801,
    "c": 0.07801,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDCA0

secondary

#6C6CB4

accent

#2CB92C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDCA0

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

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