#DCC561#DCC561

#DCC561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.123 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC561
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -4.17, 52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 52.49, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.0141 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.123 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.6411, 56.0135, 19.3985)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC561 #6178DC

analogous

#DC8761 #DCC561 #B6DC61

triadic

#DCC561 #61DCC5 #C561DC

tetradic

#DCC561 #61DC87 #6178DC #DC61B6

square

#DCC561 #61DC87 #6178DC #DC61B6

split-complementary

#DCC561 #61B6DC #8761DC

monochromatic

#9F8823 #D1B32F #DCC561 #E7D793 #F2EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DCC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC561

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC561	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.123 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d691',
    500: '#dcc561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc561;
$custom-light: #e9d691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.78,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82293,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC561

secondary

#3E51A3

accent

#3BCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC561

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

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