#DCD268#DCD268

#DCD268 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.128 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD268
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 104)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 52.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.08, -10.25, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.08, 54.05, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0308 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.128 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.0621, 62.3101, 22.2206)
Luminance	0.6231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD268 #6872DC

analogous

#DC9868 #DCD268 #ACDC68

triadic

#DCD268 #68DCD2 #D268DC

tetradic

#DCD268 #68DC98 #6872DC #DC68AC

square

#DCD268 #68DC98 #6872DC #DC68AC

split-complementary

#DCD268 #68ACDC #9868DC

monochromatic

#A49926 #D0C336 #DCD268 #E8E19A #F3F0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD268 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#DCD268 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD268

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD268	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD268	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd268;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.128 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df96',
    500: '#dcd268',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd268;
$custom-light: #e9df96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd268",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85058,
    "c": 0.12835,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD268

secondary

#414AA7

accent

#2ACA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD268

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

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