#DCC262#DCC262

#DCC262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.120 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC262
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -2.54, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 51.03, 92.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0093 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.12 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.0136, 54.6834, 19.4208)
Luminance	0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC262 #627CDC

analogous

#DC8562 #DCC262 #B9DC62

triadic

#DCC262 #62DCC2 #C262DC

tetradic

#DCC262 #62DC85 #627CDC #DC62B9

square

#DCC262 #62DC85 #627CDC #DC62B9

split-complementary

#DCC262 #62B9DC #8562DC

monochromatic

#A08524 #D1AF30 #DCC262 #E7D594 #F2E9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#DCC262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC262

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC262	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.120 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d491',
    500: '#dcc262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc262;
$custom-light: #e9d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81693,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC262

secondary

#3F54A3

accent

#40CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC262

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

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