#DCDCA5#DCDCA5

#DCDCA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.072 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDCA5
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 165)
HSL	hsl(60, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(60, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 25%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -8.68, 27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 28.48, 107.76°)
OKLab	oklab(88.11% -0.0219 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(88.11% 0.072 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.8999, 69.1195, 45.6706)
Luminance	0.6912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDCA5 #A5A5DC

analogous

#DCC0A5 #DCDCA5 #C0DCA5

triadic

#DCDCA5 #A5DCDC #DCA5DC

tetradic

#DCDCA5 #A5DCC0 #A5A5DC #DCA5C0

square

#DCDCA5 #A5DCC0 #A5A5DC #DCA5C0

split-complementary

#DCDCA5 #A5C0DC #C0A5DC

monochromatic

#BABA4D #CBCB79 #DCDCA5 #EDEDD1 #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DCDCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#DCDCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDCA5

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDCA5	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)

#E5D7A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DAA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.072 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6c0',
    500: '#dcdca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdca5;
$custom-light: #e7e6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88109,
    "c": 0.07186,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDCA5

secondary

#7171B4

accent

#2EB72E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDCA5

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

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