#DCC661#DCC661

#DCC661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.124 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC661
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -4.68, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 52.83, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0156 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.124 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8689, 56.4691, 19.4744)
Luminance	0.5647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC661 #6177DC

analogous

#DC8861 #DCC661 #B5DC61

triadic

#DCC661 #61DCC6 #C661DC

tetradic

#DCC661 #61DC88 #6177DC #DC61B5

square

#DCC661 #61DC88 #6177DC #DC61B5

split-complementary

#DCC661 #61B5DC #8861DC

monochromatic

#9F8923 #D1B42F #DCC661 #E7D893 #F2EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#DCC661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC661

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC661	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.124 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d791',
    500: '#dcc661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc661;
$custom-light: #e9d791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82498,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC661

secondary

#3E50A3

accent

#3ACC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC661

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

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