#DCD462#DCD462

#DCD462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.136 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD462
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -11.73, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 57.57, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.0357 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.136 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.2650, 63.1862, 20.8379)
Luminance	0.6318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD462 #626ADC

analogous

#DC9762 #DCD462 #A7DC62

triadic

#DCD462 #62DCD4 #D462DC

tetradic

#DCD462 #62DC97 #626ADC #DC62A7

square

#DCD462 #62DC97 #626ADC #DC62A7

split-complementary

#DCD462 #62A7DC #9762DC

monochromatic

#A09824 #D1C630 #DCD462 #E7E294 #F2EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#DCD462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD462

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD462	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.136 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e192',
    500: '#dcd462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd462;
$custom-light: #e9e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85405,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD462

secondary

#3F45A3

accent

#26CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD462

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

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