#DCD68D#DCD68D

#DCD68D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.094 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD68D
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 141)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, -8.64, 36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 37.83, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.43% -0.0229 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(86.43% 0.094 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.3703, 65.2332, 34.7106)
Luminance	0.6523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD68D #8D93DC

analogous

#DCAE8D #DCD68D #BADC8D

triadic

#DCD68D #8DDCD6 #D68DDC

tetradic

#DCD68D #8DDCAE #8D93DC #DC8DBA

square

#DCD68D #8DDCAE #8D93DC #DC8DBA

split-complementary

#DCD68D #8DBADC #AE8DDC

monochromatic

#B7AD38 #CEC55E #DCD68D #EAE7BC #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD68D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#DCD68D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD68D

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD68D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD68D	1.00	1.50	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd68d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.094 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e2af',
    500: '#dcd68d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd68d;
$custom-light: #e8e2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd68d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.443,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86425,
    "c": 0.09355,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD68D

secondary

#5A61B3

accent

#31C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD68D

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

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