#DCC161#DCC161

#DCC161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.120 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC161
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -2.10, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 51.17, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0081 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.12 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.7448, 54.2210, 19.0997)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC161 #617CDC

analogous

#DC8361 #DCC161 #BADC61

triadic

#DCC161 #61DCC1 #C161DC

tetradic

#DCC161 #61DC83 #617CDC #DC61BA

square

#DCC161 #61DC83 #617CDC #DC61BA

split-complementary

#DCC161 #61BADC #8361DC

monochromatic

#9F8423 #D1AD2F #DCC161 #E7D593 #F2E8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#DCC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC161

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC161	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.120 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d391',
    500: '#dcc161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc161;
$custom-light: #e9d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81478,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC161

secondary

#3E54A3

accent

#41CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC161

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

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