#DCC462#DCC462

#DCC462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.121 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC462
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -3.57, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 51.69, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0123 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.121 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.4617, 55.5796, 19.5701)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC462 #627ADC

analogous

#DC8762 #DCC462 #B7DC62

triadic

#DCC462 #62DCC4 #C462DC

tetradic

#DCC462 #62DC87 #627ADC #DC62B7

square

#DCC462 #62DC87 #627ADC #DC62B7

split-complementary

#DCC462 #62B7DC #8762DC

monochromatic

#A08724 #D1B130 #DCC462 #E7D794 #F2EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#DCC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC462

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC462	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.121 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d591',
    500: '#dcc462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc462;
$custom-light: #e9d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82101,
    "c": 0.12135,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC462

secondary

#3F53A3

accent

#3DCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC462

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

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