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#DCDA89 — Light Muted Yellow

#DCDA89 is a yellow color we call Light Muted Yellow, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #DCDA89 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.

#DCDA89 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #898BDC; it also sits naturally between #DCB189 and #B4DC89. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DCDA89 · RGB 220, 218, 137

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Color values

HEX#DCDA89
RGB220, 218, 137
HSL59°, 54%, 70%
HSV59°, 38%, 86%
CMYK0%, 1%, 38%, 14%
XYZ59.10, 67.16, 33.52
Yxy67.16, 0.3699, 0.4204
CIE-Lab85.59, -11.11, 40.11
Hunter Lab81.95, -10.48, 29.76

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 85% · Blue 54%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 38% · Key 14%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DCDA89 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DCDA89 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DCDA89

.text { color: #DCDA89; }
.background { background-color: #DCDA89; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DCDA89; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 218, 137); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 54%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DCDA89; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 218, 137, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DCDA89; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 218, 137, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DCDA89">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DCDA89">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DCDA89

#D4D26E#CDCB56#C4C23B#ADAB34#91902B#767423#5E5D1C#434214#2B2B0D#101005

Tints of #DCDA89

#DFDE95#E2E19D#E5E4A9#E8E7B0#EBEABC#EFEEC8#F1F0D0#F4F4DC#F7F6E4#FAFAEF

Tones of #DCDA89

#D6D58F#D0CF95#CAC99B#C4C4A1#BEBEA7#B9B8AC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #898BDC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.46:1 Fails
Against black text14.43:1 AAA

Best text color on #DCDA89: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DCDA89

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #DCDA89: ·

How #DCDA89 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DBDB9DDeuteranopia · #DBDBA1Tritanopia · #DCACAF

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:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DCDA89 rather than the exact color:

Palette 36656b
#36656B · #75B06F · #DAD887 · #F0F8A4
Golden Dusk
#D2799B · #B83D33 · #C48235 · #DCDC86
Radiant Lagoon
#A68336 · #D9DA82 · #ACD062 · #66B03F
Tender Canyon
#D6A570 · #E3D885 · #A2C532 · #A4E479
Ruby Breeze
#D9D28B · #B2BD7E · #8E9162 · #6A795D
Palette E32249
#E32249 · #F17362 · #DDDC92 · #D8C962

Similar colors

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

#DAD887#DCDC86#D9DA82#E3D885#D9D28B#DDDC92#D7E083#E5DF88#E2D483#E2D582#DDD894#E4D289

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DCDA88  ·  #DCDA8A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DCDA89?

#DCDA89 is Light Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 220, 218, 137). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DCDA89?

#DCDA89 is RGB 220, 218, 137 — HSL 59°, 54%, 70% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 38%, 14%.

What colors go with #DCDA89?

Its complement is #898BDC; analogous partners are #DCB189 and #B4DC89. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DCDA89 for text?

Black text on #DCDA89 has a contrast ratio of 14.43:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.46:1.