#DCD168#DCD168

#DCD168 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.127 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD168
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 104)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 52.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -9.74, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 53.66, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.0293 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.127 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.8160, 61.8179, 22.1386)
Luminance	0.6182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD168 #6873DC

analogous

#DC9768 #DCD168 #ADDC68

triadic

#DCD168 #68DCD1 #D168DC

tetradic

#DCD168 #68DC97 #6873DC #DC68AD

square

#DCD168 #68DC97 #6873DC #DC68AD

split-complementary

#DCD168 #68ADDC #9768DC

monochromatic

#A49826 #D0C236 #DCD168 #E8E09A #F3EFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#DCD168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD168

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD168	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.127 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de96',
    500: '#dcd168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd168;
$custom-light: #e9de96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.31,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8485,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD168

secondary

#414BA7

accent

#2CCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD168

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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