#DCDEB3#DCDEB3

#DCDEB3 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.057 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDEB3
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 179)
HSL	hsl(63, 39%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(63, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 19.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.35, -7.73, 20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.35, 22.31, 110.27°)
OKLab	oklab(88.82% -0.0191 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(88.82% 0.057 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.7726, 70.7135, 52.9286)
Luminance	0.7071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDEB3 #B5B3DE

analogous

#DECAB3 #DCDEB3 #C6DEB3

triadic

#DCDEB3 #B3DCDE #DEB3DC

tetradic

#DCDEB3 #B3DECA #B5B3DE #DEB3C6

square

#DCDEB3 #B3DECA #B5B3DE #DEB3C6

split-complementary

#DCDEB3 #B3C6DE #CAB3DE

monochromatic

#B5B95E #C8CB88 #DCDEB3 #F0F1DE #F5F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCDEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#DCDEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDEB3

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDEB3	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5DAB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DCB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2D9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.057 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e8ca',
    500: '#dcdeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdeb3;
$custom-light: #e7e8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.791,
    "s": 39.45,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88815,
    "c": 0.05681,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDEB3

secondary

#817FB6

accent

#33B239

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDEB3

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

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