#DCDCB5#DCDCB5

#DCDCB5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.052 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDCB5
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 181)
HSL	hsl(60, 36%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(60, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 17.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.87, -6.42, 19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.87, 20.26, 108.46°)
OKLab	oklab(88.45% -0.0154 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(88.45% 0.052 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.4483, 69.7389, 53.8256)
Luminance	0.6974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDCB5 #B5B5DC

analogous

#DCC8B5 #DCDCB5 #C8DCB5

triadic

#DCDCB5 #B5DCDC #DCB5DC

tetradic

#DCDCB5 #B5DCC8 #B5B5DC #DCB5C8

square

#DCDCB5 #B5DCC8 #B5B5DC #DCB5C8

split-complementary

#DCDCB5 #B5C8DC #C8B5DC

monochromatic

#B5B562 #C8C88B #DCDCB5 #F0F0DF #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCDCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#DCDCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDCB5

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDCB5	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D9B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4DAB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2D7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.052 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6cb',
    500: '#dcdcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdcb5;
$custom-light: #e7e6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.78,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88451,
    "c": 0.05165,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDCB5

secondary

#8181B4

accent

#37AF37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDCB5

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

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