#DCDEB5#DCDEB5

#DCDEB5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.054 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDEB5
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 181)
HSL	hsl(63, 38%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(63, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 18.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.39, -7.43, 19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.39, 21.28, 110.45°)
OKLab	oklab(88.86% -0.0183 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(88.86% 0.054 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.9764, 70.7950, 54.0016)
Luminance	0.7079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDEB5 #B7B5DE

analogous

#DECCB5 #DCDEB5 #C8DEB5

triadic

#DCDEB5 #B5DCDE #DEB5DC

tetradic

#DCDEB5 #B5DECC #B7B5DE #DEB5C8

square

#DCDEB5 #B5DECC #B7B5DE #DEB5C8

split-complementary

#DCDEB5 #B5C8DE #CCB5DE

monochromatic

#B4B860 #C8CB8B #DCDEB5 #F0F1DF #F5F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DCDEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#DCDEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDEB5

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDEB5	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5DAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DCB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2D9D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.054 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e8cb',
    500: '#dcdeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdeb5;
$custom-light: #e7e8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.927,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8886,
    "c": 0.05425,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDEB5

secondary

#8481B6

accent

#34B13A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDEB5

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

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