#DCD862#DCD862

#DCD862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.140 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD862
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.59, -13.73, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.59, 59.18, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.0414 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.14 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.2773, 65.2108, 21.1754)
Luminance	0.6521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD862 #6266DC

analogous

#DC9B62 #DCD862 #A3DC62

triadic

#DCD862 #62DCD8 #D862DC

tetradic

#DCD862 #62DC9B #6266DC #DC62A3

square

#DCD862 #62DC9B #6266DC #DC62A3

split-complementary

#DCD862 #62A3DC #9B62DC

monochromatic

#A09C24 #D1CC30 #DCD862 #E7E494 #F2F1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#DCD862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD862

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD862	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.140 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e392',
    500: '#dcd862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd862;
$custom-light: #e9e392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86242,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD862

secondary

#3F42A3

accent

#20CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD862

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

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