#DCD68E#DCD68E

#DCD68E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.092 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD68E
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 142)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -8.52, 36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 37.33, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.44% -0.0225 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(86.44% 0.092 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.4450, 65.2631, 35.1042)
Luminance	0.6526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD68E #8E94DC

analogous

#DCAF8E #DCD68E #BBDC8E

triadic

#DCD68E #8EDCD6 #D68EDC

tetradic

#DCD68E #8EDCAF #8E94DC #DC8EBB

square

#DCD68E #8EDCAF #8E94DC #DC8EBB

split-complementary

#DCD68E #8EBBDC #AF8EDC

monochromatic

#B7AD39 #CEC55F #DCD68E #EAE7BD #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD68E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#DCD68E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD68E

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD68E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD68E	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	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)

#E2D189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd68e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.092 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e2b0',
    500: '#dcd68e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd68e;
$custom-light: #e8e2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd68e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86442,
    "c": 0.09239,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD68E

secondary

#5B62B3

accent

#31C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD68E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →