#DCD362#DCD362

#DCD362 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.135 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD362
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.28, -11.23, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.28, 57.18, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0342 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.135 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0158, 62.6878, 20.7548)
Luminance	0.6269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD362 #626BDC

analogous

#DC9662 #DCD362 #A8DC62

triadic

#DCD362 #62DCD3 #D362DC

tetradic

#DCD362 #62DC96 #626BDC #DC62A8

square

#DCD362 #62DC96 #626BDC #DC62A8

split-complementary

#DCD362 #62A8DC #9662DC

monochromatic

#A09724 #D1C530 #DCD362 #E7E194 #F2EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#DCD362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD362

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD362	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.135 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e092',
    500: '#dcd362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd362;
$custom-light: #e9e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85197,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD362

secondary

#3F46A3

accent

#27CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD362

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

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