#DCC562#DCC562

#DCC562 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.122 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC562
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -4.09, 51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 52.03, 94.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0137 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.122 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.6880, 56.0322, 19.6456)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC562 #6279DC

analogous

#DC8862 #DCC562 #B6DC62

triadic

#DCC562 #62DCC5 #C562DC

tetradic

#DCC562 #62DC88 #6279DC #DC62B6

square

#DCC562 #62DC88 #6279DC #DC62B6

split-complementary

#DCC562 #62B6DC #8862DC

monochromatic

#A08924 #D1B330 #DCC562 #E7D794 #F2EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DCC562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC562

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC562	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.122 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d691',
    500: '#dcc562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc562;
$custom-light: #e9d691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82305,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC562

secondary

#3F52A3

accent

#3CCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC562

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

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