#DCC861#DCC861

#DCC861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC861
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -5.71, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 53.53, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0185 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3291, 57.3894, 19.6278)
Luminance	0.5739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC861 #6175DC

analogous

#DC8B61 #DCC861 #B3DC61

triadic

#DCC861 #61DCC8 #C861DC

tetradic

#DCC861 #61DC8B #6175DC #DC61B3

square

#DCC861 #61DC8B #6175DC #DC61B3

split-complementary

#DCC861 #61B3DC #8B61DC

monochromatic

#9F8B23 #D1B72F #DCC861 #E7D993 #F2EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#DCC861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC861

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC861	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d891',
    500: '#dcc861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc861;
$custom-light: #e9d891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82908,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC861

secondary

#3E4FA3

accent

#37CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC861

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

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