#DCD68B#DCD68B

#DCD68B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.096 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD68B
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 139)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 36.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -8.87, 37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 38.83, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.39% -0.0236 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(86.39% 0.096 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.2228, 65.1742, 33.9339)
Luminance	0.6517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD68B #8B91DC

analogous

#DCAE8B #DCD68B #B9DC8B

triadic

#DCD68B #8BDCD6 #D68BDC

tetradic

#DCD68B #8BDCAE #8B91DC #DC8BB9

square

#DCD68B #8BDCAE #8B91DC #DC8BB9

split-complementary

#DCD68B #8BB9DC #AE8BDC

monochromatic

#B6AC37 #CEC55C #DCD68B #EAE7BA #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD68B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#DCD68B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD68B

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD68B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD68B	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D58E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd68b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.096 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e2ae',
    500: '#dcd68b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd68b;
$custom-light: #e8e2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd68b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86391,
    "c": 0.09584,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD68B

secondary

#585FB3

accent

#30C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD68B

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

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