#DCDA62#DCDA62

#DCDA62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.142 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA62
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.12, -14.73, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.12, 59.99, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.66% -0.0442 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(86.66% 0.142 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.7928, 66.2419, 21.3472)
Luminance	0.6624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA62 #6264DC

analogous

#DC9D62 #DCDA62 #A1DC62

triadic

#DCDA62 #62DCDA #DA62DC

tetradic

#DCDA62 #62DC9D #6264DC #DC62A1

square

#DCDA62 #62DC9D #6264DC #DC62A1

split-complementary

#DCDA62 #62A1DC #9D62DC

monochromatic

#A09E24 #D1CE30 #DCDA62 #E7E694 #F2F2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCDA62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#DCDA62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA62

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA62	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.142 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e592',
    500: '#dcda62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda62;
$custom-light: #e9e592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86662,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA62

secondary

#3F40A3

accent

#1DCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA62

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

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