#DCC261#DCC261

#DCC261 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.121 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC261
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -2.61, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 51.50, 92.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0096 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.121 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9667, 54.6646, 19.1737)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC261 #617BDC

analogous

#DC8561 #DCC261 #B9DC61

triadic

#DCC261 #61DCC2 #C261DC

tetradic

#DCC261 #61DC85 #617BDC #DC61B9

square

#DCC261 #61DC85 #617BDC #DC61B9

split-complementary

#DCC261 #61B9DC #8561DC

monochromatic

#9F8523 #D1AF2F #DCC261 #E7D593 #F2E9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#DCC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC261

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC261	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.121 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d491',
    500: '#dcc261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc261;
$custom-light: #e9d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81681,
    "c": 0.1207,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC261

secondary

#3E54A3

accent

#40CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC261

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

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