#DCC162#DCC162

#DCC162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.119 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC162
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -2.02, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 50.71, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0078 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.119 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.7918, 54.2398, 19.3468)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC162 #627DDC

analogous

#DC8462 #DCC162 #BADC62

triadic

#DCC162 #62DCC1 #C162DC

tetradic

#DCC162 #62DC84 #627DDC #DC62BA

square

#DCC162 #62DC84 #627DDC #DC62BA

split-complementary

#DCC162 #62BADC #8462DC

monochromatic

#A08424 #D1AD30 #DCC162 #E7D594 #F2E9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#DCC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC162

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC162	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.119 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d391',
    500: '#dcc162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc162;
$custom-light: #e9d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.721,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8149,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC162

secondary

#3F55A3

accent

#41CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC162

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

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