#DCD868#DCD868

#DCD868 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.134 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD868
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 104)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 52.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.65, -13.26, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.65, 56.49, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.0394 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.134 107)
XYZ	xyz(56.5713, 65.3284, 22.7237)
Luminance	0.6533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD868 #686CDC

analogous

#DC9E68 #DCD868 #A6DC68

triadic

#DCD868 #68DCD8 #D868DC

tetradic

#DCD868 #68DC9E #686CDC #DC68A6

square

#DCD868 #68DC9E #686CDC #DC68A6

split-complementary

#DCD868 #68A6DC #9E68DC

monochromatic

#A49F26 #D0CB36 #DCD868 #E8E59A #F3F2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#DCD868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD868

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD868	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD56E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.134 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e396',
    500: '#dcd868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd868;
$custom-light: #e9e396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8631,
    "c": 0.13447,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.65327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD868

secondary

#4145A7

accent

#21CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD868

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

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