#DCC962#DCC962

#DCC962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.126 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC962
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -6.15, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 53.42, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.0197 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.126 99)
XYZ	xyz(52.6083, 57.8729, 19.9524)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC962 #6275DC

analogous

#DC8C62 #DCC962 #B2DC62

triadic

#DCC962 #62DCC9 #C962DC

tetradic

#DCC962 #62DC8C #6275DC #DC62B2

square

#DCC962 #62DC8C #6275DC #DC62B2

split-complementary

#DCC962 #62B2DC #8C62DC

monochromatic

#A08D24 #D1B830 #DCC962 #E7DA94 #F2EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCC962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#DCC962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC962

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC962	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.126 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d992',
    500: '#dcc962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc962;
$custom-light: #e9d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83125,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.57871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC962

secondary

#3F4EA3

accent

#36CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC962

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

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