#DCD968#DCD968

#DCD968 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.136 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD968
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 104)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 52.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -13.76, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 56.90, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.52% -0.0408 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(86.52% 0.136 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.8283, 65.8424, 22.8093)
Luminance	0.6584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD968 #686BDC

analogous

#DC9F68 #DCD968 #A5DC68

triadic

#DCD968 #68DCD9 #D968DC

tetradic

#DCD968 #68DC9F #686BDC #DC68A5

square

#DCD968 #68DC9F #686BDC #DC68A5

split-complementary

#DCD968 #68A5DC #9F68DC

monochromatic

#A4A026 #D0CC36 #DCD968 #E8E69A #F3F2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#DCD968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD968

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD968	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.136 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e496',
    500: '#dcd968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd968;
$custom-light: #e9e496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.448,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8652,
    "c": 0.13553,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD968

secondary

#4144A7

accent

#20CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD968

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

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