Palettes / Colors / #DCD8BD

#DCD8BD — Light Dusty Yellow

#DCD8BD is a yellow color we call Light Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: wheat (#F5DEB3) — not an exact match. CSS wheat gives you #F5DEB3, a different color; use #DCD8BD when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DCD8BD is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BCC0DC; it also sits naturally between #DCC8BC and #D0DCBC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 85% · Blue 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 14% · Key 14%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #DCD8BD

.text { color: #DCD8BD; }
.background { background-color: #DCD8BD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DCD8BD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 216, 189); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(52, 31%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DCD8BD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 216, 189, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DCD8BD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 216, 189, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DCD8BD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DCD8BD">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #BCC0DC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DCD8BD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DCD8BD

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #DCD8BD looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DCD8BD rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DCD8BC  ·  #DCD8BE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DCD8BD?

#DCD8BD is Light Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 220, 216, 189). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DCD8BD?

#DCD8BD is RGB 220, 216, 189 — HSL 52°, 31%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 14%, 14%.

What colors go with #DCD8BD?

Its complement is #BCC0DC; analogous partners are #DCC8BC and #D0DCBC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DCD8BD for text?

Black text on #DCD8BD has a contrast ratio of 14.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.44:1.