#DCDEB9#DCDEB9

#DCDEB9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.049 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDEB9
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 185)
HSL	hsl(63, 36%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(63, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 16.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.47, -6.84, 17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.47, 19.22, 110.83°)
OKLab	oklab(88.95% -0.0167 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(88.95% 0.049 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.3927, 70.9615, 56.1942)
Luminance	0.7096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDEB9 #BBB9DE

analogous

#DECEB9 #DCDEB9 #CADEB9

triadic

#DCDEB9 #B9DCDE #DEB9DC

tetradic

#DCDEB9 #B9DECE #BBB9DE #DEB9CA

square

#DCDEB9 #B9DECE #BBB9DE #DEB9CA

split-complementary

#DCDEB9 #B9CADE #CEB9DE

monochromatic

#B2B766 #C7CA8F #DCDEB9 #F1F2E3 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DCDEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#DCDEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDEB9

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDEB9	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DAB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DCBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1D9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.049 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e8ce',
    500: '#dcdeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdeb9;
$custom-light: #e7e8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8895,
    "c": 0.0491,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDEB9

secondary

#8885B6

accent

#37AF3D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFA

border

#D5D5D3

text

#161613

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDEB9

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

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