#DCDEAD#DCDEAD

#DCDEAD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.064 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDEAD
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 173)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(62, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 22.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.23, -8.59, 23.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.23, 25.38, 109.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.69% -0.0216 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(88.69% 0.064 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.1790, 70.4760, 49.8020)
Luminance	0.7047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDEAD #AFADDE

analogous

#DEC8AD #DCDEAD #C4DEAD

triadic

#DCDEAD #ADDCDE #DEADDC

tetradic

#DCDEAD #ADDEC8 #AFADDE #DEADC4

square

#DCDEAD #ADDEC8 #AFADDE #DEADC4

split-complementary

#DCDEAD #ADC4DE #C8ADDE

monochromatic

#B7BB56 #C9CC81 #DCDEAD #EFF0D9 #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCDEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.10

#DCDEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDEAD

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDEAD	1.00	1.39	15.10	15.10
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6DAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7DBAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.064 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e8c5',
    500: '#dcdead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdead;
$custom-light: #e7e8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.449,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88686,
    "c": 0.06442,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDEAD

secondary

#7B79B6

accent

#30B635

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDEAD

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

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