#DCDCAE#DCDCAE

#DCDCAE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.061 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDCAE
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 174)
HSL	hsl(60, 40%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(60, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 20.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.73, -7.44, 22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.73, 23.87, 108.15°)
OKLab	oklab(88.3% -0.0183 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(88.3% 0.061 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.7481, 69.4588, 50.1375)
Luminance	0.6946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDCAE #AEAEDC

analogous

#DCC5AE #DCDCAE #C5DCAE

triadic

#DCDCAE #AEDCDC #DCAEDC

tetradic

#DCDCAE #AEDCC5 #AEAEDC #DCAEC5

square

#DCDCAE #AEDCC5 #AEAEDC #DCAEC5

split-complementary

#DCDCAE #AEC5DC #C5AEDC

monochromatic

#B7B759 #CACA83 #DCDCAE #EEEED9 #F6F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DCDCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#DCDCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDCAE

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDCAE	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D8AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DAB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.061 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6c6',
    500: '#dcdcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdcae;
$custom-light: #e7e6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88297,
    "c": 0.06058,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDCAE

secondary

#7A7AB4

accent

#33B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDCAE

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

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