#DCC761#DCC761

#DCC761 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.125 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC761
RGB	rgb(220, 199, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -5.20, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 53.18, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0171 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.125 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.0982, 56.9277, 19.5509)
Luminance	0.5693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC761 #6176DC

analogous

#DC8A61 #DCC761 #B4DC61

triadic

#DCC761 #61DCC7 #C761DC

tetradic

#DCC761 #61DC8A #6176DC #DC61B4

square

#DCC761 #61DC8A #6176DC #DC61B4

split-complementary

#DCC761 #61B4DC #8A61DC

monochromatic

#9F8A23 #D1B52F #DCC761 #E7D993 #F2EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DCC761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#DCC761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC761

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC761	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 199, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.125 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d791',
    500: '#dcc761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc761;
$custom-light: #e9d791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82703,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC761

secondary

#3E50A3

accent

#38CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC761

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

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