#DCD262#DCD262

#DCD262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.134 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD262
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.02, -10.72, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.02, 56.79, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0328 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.134 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.7681, 62.1925, 20.6723)
Luminance	0.6219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD262 #626CDC

analogous

#DC9562 #DCD262 #A9DC62

triadic

#DCD262 #62DCD2 #D262DC

tetradic

#DCD262 #62DC95 #626CDC #DC62A9

square

#DCD262 #62DC95 #626CDC #DC62A9

split-complementary

#DCD262 #62A9DC #9562DC

monochromatic

#A09624 #D1C430 #DCD262 #E7E094 #F2EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#DCD262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD262

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD262	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.134 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df92',
    500: '#dcd262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd262;
$custom-light: #e9df92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84988,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD262

secondary

#3F47A3

accent

#29CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD262

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

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