Palettes / Colors / #DCDEB9

#DCDEB9 — Light Muted Yellow

#DCDEB9 is a yellow color we call Light Muted Yellow, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #DCDEB9 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.

#DCDEB9 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 #BBBADE; it also sits naturally between #DECEBA and #CADEBA. 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 87% · Blue 73%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 17% · Key 13%

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

Previews

CSS code for #DCDEB9

.text { color: #DCDEB9; }
.background { background-color: #DCDEB9; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DCDEB9; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 222, 185); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(63, 36%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DCDEB9; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 222, 185, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DCDEB9; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 222, 185, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DCDEB9">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DCDEB9">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DCDEB9

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #BBBADE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DCDEB9: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DCDEB9

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 #DCDEB9 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 #DCDEB9 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

← #DCDEB8  ·  #DCDEBA →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DCDEB9?

#DCDEB9 is Light Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 220, 222, 185). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DCDEB9?

#DCDEB9 is RGB 220, 222, 185 — HSL 63°, 36%, 80% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 17%, 13%.

What colors go with #DCDEB9?

Its complement is #BBBADE; analogous partners are #DECEBA and #CADEBA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DCDEB9 for text?

Black text on #DCDEB9 has a contrast ratio of 15.19:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.38:1.