#DCDEC5#DCDEC5

#DCDEC5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.033 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDEC5
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 197)
HSL	hsl(65, 27%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(65, 11%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 11.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.72, -4.96, 12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.72, 13.02, 112.38°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0119 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.033 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.7133, 71.4897, 63.1495)
Luminance	0.7149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDEC5 #C7C5DE

analogous

#DED4C5 #DCDEC5 #D0DEC5

triadic

#DCDEC5 #C5DCDE #DEC5DC

tetradic

#DCDEC5 #C5DED4 #C7C5DE #DEC5D0

square

#DCDEC5 #C5DED4 #C7C5DE #DEC5D0

split-complementary

#DCDEC5 #C5D0DE #D4C5DE

monochromatic

#ADB277 #C4C89E #DCDEC5 #F3F4EB #F3F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DCDEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#DCDEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDEC5

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDEC5	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2DBC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2DCC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0DBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.033 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e8d6',
    500: '#dcdec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdec5;
$custom-light: #e7e8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89237,
    "c": 0.03346,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDEC5

secondary

#9592B5

accent

#3FA648

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDEC5

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

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