#DCD162#DCD162

#DCD162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.133 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD162
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.75, -10.22, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.75, 56.40, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.0314 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.133 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.5220, 61.7003, 20.5903)
Luminance	0.6170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD162 #626DDC

analogous

#DC9462 #DCD162 #AADC62

triadic

#DCD162 #62DCD1 #D162DC

tetradic

#DCD162 #62DC94 #626DDC #DC62AA

square

#DCD162 #62DC94 #626DDC #DC62AA

split-complementary

#DCD162 #62AADC #9462DC

monochromatic

#A09524 #D1C230 #DCD162 #E7E094 #F2EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#DCD162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD162

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD162	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.133 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de92',
    500: '#dcd162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd162;
$custom-light: #e9de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.59,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8478,
    "c": 0.13289,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD162

secondary

#3F48A3

accent

#2ACB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD162

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

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