#DCDCC9#DCDCC9

#DCDCC9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.025 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDCC9
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 201)
HSL	hsl(60, 21%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.30, -3.28, 9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.30, 9.90, 109.34°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.0074 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.025 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.6497, 70.6194, 65.4194)
Luminance	0.7062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDCC9 #C9C9DC

analogous

#DCD2C9 #DCDCC9 #D2DCC9

triadic

#DCDCC9 #C9DCDC #DCC9DC

tetradic

#DCDCC9 #C9DCD2 #C9C9DC #DCC9D2

square

#DCDCC9 #C9DCD2 #C9C9DC #DCC9D2

split-complementary

#DCDCC9 #C9D2DC #D2C9DC

monochromatic

#ACAC7F #C4C4A4 #DCDCC9 #F3F3EC #F3F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCDCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#DCDCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDCC9

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDCC9	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0DAC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0DBCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFD9D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.025 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e6d9',
    500: '#dcdcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdcc9;
$custom-light: #e6e6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 21.348,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88934,
    "c": 0.02547,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDCC9

secondary

#9797B2

accent

#46A046

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDCC9

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

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