#dcdcd8

Color #dcdcd8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light yellow.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 2.09 Nearest Tailwind class olive-300 #d8d8d0 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#dcdcd8

RGB

rgb(220, 220, 216)

HSL

hsl(60, 5.4%, 85.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 1.8%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.8%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(87.66, -0.71, 1.96)

LCH

lch(87.66, 2.08, 109.91)

OKLCH

oklch(89.3%, 0.0054, 106.09)

HWB

hwb(60, 84.7%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8d8dc

Analogous

#dcdad8

#dcdcd8

#dadcd8

Triadic

#dcdcd8

#d8dcdc

#dcd8dc

Split-complementary

#dcdcd8

#d8dadc

#dad8dc

Tetradic

#dcdcd8

#d8dcd8

#d8d8dc

#dcd8dc

Square

#dcdcd8

#d8dcda

#d8d8dc

#dcd8da

Shades

Color #dcdcd8 mixed toward black.

#babab2

#97978b

#737367

#4d4d45

#262622

Tints

Color #dcdcd8 mixed toward white.

#e2e2df

#e8e8e5

#eeeeec

#f3f3f2

#f9f9f9

Tones

Color #dcdcd8 mixed toward gray.

#dcdcd8

#dbdbd9

#dadada

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dcdcd9 · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#dcdcd9 · ΔE 0.5

Tritanopia

#dcdada · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#dcdcdc · ΔE 2.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #dcdcd8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dcdcd8]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#dcdcd8 (#dcdcd8) is rgb(220, 220, 216) in RGB.

No, #dcdcd8 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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