#DCDABC

sRGB: 220 / 218 / 188

Thunderous oceans pierce eternal darkness
Electric visions awaken beneath celestial skies
Eternal flames awaken sleeping galaxies

#DCDABC belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 220 red, 218 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 56.2° lands in the yellow region. Its 31.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (14.80:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 220, 218, 188
HSL: 56.25°, 31.37%, 80.00%
HSV / HSB: 56.25°, 14.55%, 86.27%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.91%, 14.55%, 13.73%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 63.661, 68.990, 57.541
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.499, -4.333, 15.036
WCAG relative luminance: 0.68989
24-bit decimal: 14473916

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #DCDABC in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 14.80:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.42:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BCBEDC sits half a turn (180°) from #DCDABC on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#DCDABC #BCBEDC

Analogous

#DCCABC and #CEDCBC sit 30° to either side of #DCDABC. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#DCCABC #DCDABC #CEDCBC

Triadic

#DCDABC, #BCDCDA and #DABCDC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DCDABC #BCDCDA #DABCDC

Split complementary

Start at #DCDABC and look across the wheel. #BCCEDC and #CABCDC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DCDABC #BCCEDC #CABCDC

Square

Starting with #DCDABC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BCDCCA, #BCBEDC, then #DCBCCE. Across the square, #DCDABC pairs with #BCBEDC, and #BCDCCA with #DCBCCE.

#DCDABC #BCDCCA #BCBEDC #DCBCCE

Tetradic

#DCDABC and #BCBEDC are opposites, as are #BEDCBC and #DABCDC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DCDABC #BEDCBC #BCBEDC #DABCDC

Tints

Mixing #DCDABC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E3E1C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F8F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#DCDABC #E3E1C9 #EAE9D7 #F1F0E4 #F8F8F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DCDABC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B0AE96, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2C26, the mixture is 80% black.

#DCDABC #B0AE96 #848371 #58574B #2C2C26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DCDABC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CAC8B0, keeps 80% of the original. By #92928C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DCDABC #CAC8B0 #B7B6A4 #A5A498 #92928C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#DCDABC

RGB

rgb(220 218 188)

HSL

hsl(56.250 31.373% 80.000%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DCDABC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DCDABC uses 220 red, 218 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 86.3%

Green 85.5%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DCDABC is 0.0% cyan, 0.9% magenta, 14.5% yellow and 13.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 0.9%

Yellow 14.5%

Black 13.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDDDBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DDB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DCDABC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDDDBB Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#DCDABC #D7D5C1 #D1D1C7 #CCCCCC #C7C7D1 #C1C3D7 #BCBEDC

Color vision previews

Compare how #DCDABC appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#E0D7BA

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#E1D9BD

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#E1D6D1

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DFD9BB

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DFD9BD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DDD9C4

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#D8D8D8

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#DAD9CB

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.71569 G 0.70110 B 0.50289

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.86136 G 0.85516 B 0.74894

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.71310 G 0.70159 B 0.52087

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.335 y 0.363 Y 68.990

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 13.725 M % 14.510 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11011100 11011010 10111100