Palettes / Colors / #DCDACD

#DCDACD — Pale Dusty Yellow

#DCDACD is a yellow color we call Pale Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color Gainsboro (#DCDCDC). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gainsboro (#DCDCDC) — not an exact match. CSS gainsboro gives you #DCDCDC, a different color; use #DCDACD 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.

#DCDACD 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 #CCCEDB; it also sits naturally between #DBD2CC and #D6DBCC. 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 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 7% · Key 14%

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

Previews

CSS code for #DCDACD

.text { color: #DCDACD; }
.background { background-color: #DCDACD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DCDACD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 218, 205); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(52, 18%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DCDACD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 218, 205, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DCDACD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 218, 205, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DCDACD

Tints of #DCDACD

Tones of #DCDACD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CCCEDB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DCDACD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DCDACD

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 #DCDACD 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 #DCDACD 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

← #DCDACC  ·  #DCDACE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DCDACD?

#DCDACD is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 220, 218, 205). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DCDACD?

#DCDACD is RGB 220, 218, 205 — HSL 52°, 18%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 7%, 14%.

What colors go with #DCDACD?

Its complement is #CCCEDB; analogous partners are #DBD2CC and #D6DBCC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DCDACD for text?

Black text on #DCDACD has a contrast ratio of 14.95:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.40:1.