#DCDCA9#DCDCA9

#DCDCA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.067 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDCA9
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 169)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(60, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 23.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.64, -8.14, 25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.64, 26.43, 107.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88.19% -0.0203 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(88.19% 0.067 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.2697, 69.2674, 47.6180)
Luminance	0.6927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDCA9 #A9A9DC

analogous

#DCC3A9 #DCDCA9 #C3DCA9

triadic

#DCDCA9 #A9DCDC #DCA9DC

tetradic

#DCDCA9 #A9DCC3 #A9A9DC #DCA9C3

square

#DCDCA9 #A9DCC3 #A9A9DC #DCA9C3

split-complementary

#DCDCA9 #A9C3DC #C3A9DC

monochromatic

#B9B952 #CACA7E #DCDCA9 #EEEED4 #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DCDCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#DCDCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDCA9

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDCA9	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)

#E5D8A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.067 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6c2',
    500: '#dcdca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdca9;
$custom-light: #e7e6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88191,
    "c": 0.06688,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDCA9

secondary

#7575B4

accent

#30B530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDCA9

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

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