#DCD562#DCD562

#DCD562 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.137 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD562
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.80, -12.23, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.80, 57.97, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.0371 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.137 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.5157, 63.6877, 20.9215)
Luminance	0.6369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD562 #6269DC

analogous

#DC9862 #DCD562 #A6DC62

triadic

#DCD562 #62DCD5 #D562DC

tetradic

#DCD562 #62DC98 #6269DC #DC62A6

square

#DCD562 #62DC98 #6269DC #DC62A6

split-complementary

#DCD562 #62A6DC #9862DC

monochromatic

#A09924 #D1C830 #DCD562 #E7E294 #F2F0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#DCD562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD562

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD562	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.137 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e192',
    500: '#dcd562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd562;
$custom-light: #e9e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.557,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85614,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD562

secondary

#3F45A3

accent

#24CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD562

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →