#DCC461#DCC461

#DCC461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.122 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC461
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -3.65, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 52.16, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0126 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.122 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4148, 55.5608, 19.3230)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC461 #6179DC

analogous

#DC8761 #DCC461 #B6DC61

triadic

#DCC461 #61DCC4 #C461DC

tetradic

#DCC461 #61DC87 #6179DC #DC61B6

square

#DCC461 #61DC87 #6179DC #DC61B6

split-complementary

#DCC461 #61B6DC #8761DC

monochromatic

#9F8723 #D1B12F #DCC461 #E7D793 #F2E9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#DCC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC461

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC461	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.122 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d591',
    500: '#dcc461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc461;
$custom-light: #e9d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82089,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC461

secondary

#3E52A3

accent

#3DCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC461

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

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