#DCC862#DCC862

#DCC862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.125 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC862
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -5.63, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 53.07, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0182 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.125 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3760, 57.4082, 19.8749)
Luminance	0.5741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC862 #6276DC

analogous

#DC8B62 #DCC862 #B3DC62

triadic

#DCC862 #62DCC8 #C862DC

tetradic

#DCC862 #62DC8B #6276DC #DC62B3

square

#DCC862 #62DC8B #6276DC #DC62B3

split-complementary

#DCC862 #62B3DC #8B62DC

monochromatic

#A08C24 #D1B630 #DCC862 #E7DA94 #F2EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#DCC862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC862

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC862	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.125 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d892',
    500: '#dcc862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc862;
$custom-light: #e9d892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8292,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC862

secondary

#3F4FA3

accent

#37CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC862

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

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