#DCC361#DCC361

#DCC361 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.121 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC361
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -3.13, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 51.82, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0111 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.121 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.1900, 55.1112, 19.2481)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC361 #617ADC

analogous

#DC8661 #DCC361 #B8DC61

triadic

#DCC361 #61DCC3 #C361DC

tetradic

#DCC361 #61DC86 #617ADC #DC61B8

square

#DCC361 #61DC86 #617ADC #DC61B8

split-complementary

#DCC361 #61B8DC #8661DC

monochromatic

#9F8623 #D1B02F #DCC361 #E7D693 #F2E9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#DCC361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC361

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC361	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.121 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d491',
    500: '#dcc361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc361;
$custom-light: #e9d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81885,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC361

secondary

#3E53A3

accent

#3ECC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC361

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

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