#DCD68C#DCD68C

#DCD68C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.095 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD68C
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 140)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 36.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.59, -8.75, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.59, 38.33, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.41% -0.0233 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(86.41% 0.095 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.2962, 65.2036, 34.3205)
Luminance	0.6520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD68C #8C92DC

analogous

#DCAE8C #DCD68C #BADC8C

triadic

#DCD68C #8CDCD6 #D68CDC

tetradic

#DCD68C #8CDCAE #8C92DC #DC8CBA

square

#DCD68C #8CDCAE #8C92DC #DC8CBA

split-complementary

#DCD68C #8CBADC #AE8CDC

monochromatic

#B6AD37 #CEC55D #DCD68C #EAE7BB #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD68C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#DCD68C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD68C

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD68C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD68C	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D58F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd68c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.095 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e2ae',
    500: '#dcd68c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd68c;
$custom-light: #e8e2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd68c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86408,
    "c": 0.0947,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD68C

secondary

#5960B3

accent

#30C125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD68C

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

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