#DCDCA8#DCDCA8

#DCDCA8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.068 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDCA8
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 168)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(60, 24%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 23.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.62, -8.28, 25.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.62, 26.94, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% -0.0207 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.068 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.1762, 69.2300, 47.1255)
Luminance	0.6923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDCA8 #A8A8DC

analogous

#DCC2A8 #DCDCA8 #C2DCA8

triadic

#DCDCA8 #A8DCDC #DCA8DC

tetradic

#DCDCA8 #A8DCC2 #A8A8DC #DCA8C2

square

#DCDCA8 #A8DCC2 #A8A8DC #DCA8C2

split-complementary

#DCDCA8 #A8C2DC #C2A8DC

monochromatic

#B9B951 #CACA7C #DCDCA8 #EEEED4 #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DCDCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#DCDCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDCA8

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDCA8	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)

#E5D8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.068 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6c2',
    500: '#dcdca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdca8;
$custom-light: #e7e6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8817,
    "c": 0.06813,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDCA8

secondary

#7474B4

accent

#30B630

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDCA8

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

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