#DCDCB4#DCDCB4

#DCDCB4 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.053 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDCB4
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 180)
HSL	hsl(60, 36%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(60, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 18.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.85, -6.57, 19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.85, 20.78, 108.42°)
OKLab	oklab(88.43% -0.0159 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(88.43% 0.053 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.3461, 69.6980, 53.2871)
Luminance	0.6970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDCB4 #B4B4DC

analogous

#DCC8B4 #DCDCB4 #C8DCB4

triadic

#DCDCB4 #B4DCDC #DCB4DC

tetradic

#DCDCB4 #B4DCC8 #B4B4DC #DCB4C8

square

#DCDCB4 #B4DCC8 #B4B4DC #DCB4C8

split-complementary

#DCDCB4 #B4C8DC #C8B4DC

monochromatic

#B5B561 #C9C98A #DCDCB4 #EFEFDE #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DCDCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#DCDCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDCB4

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDCB4	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D8B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4DAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2D7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.053 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6ca',
    500: '#dcdcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdcb4;
$custom-light: #e7e6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88429,
    "c": 0.05293,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDCB4

secondary

#8080B4

accent

#36AF36

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDCB4

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

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