#DCD962#DCD962

#DCD962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.141 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD962
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -14.23, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 59.58, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0428 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.141 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.5343, 65.7248, 21.2610)
Luminance	0.6572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD962 #6265DC

analogous

#DC9C62 #DCD962 #A2DC62

triadic

#DCD962 #62DCD9 #D962DC

tetradic

#DCD962 #62DC9C #6265DC #DC62A2

square

#DCD962 #62DC9C #6265DC #DC62A2

split-complementary

#DCD962 #62A2DC #9C62DC

monochromatic

#A09D24 #D1CD30 #DCD962 #E7E594 #F2F1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCD962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#DCD962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD962

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD962	1.00	1.48	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.141 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e492',
    500: '#dcd962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd962;
$custom-light: #e9e492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.525,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86452,
    "c": 0.14093,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD962

secondary

#3F41A3

accent

#1FCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD962

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

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