#DCCA61#DCCA61

#DCCA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCA61
RGB	rgb(220, 202, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -6.73, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 54.24, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0215 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.7953, 58.3219, 19.7832)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCA61 #6173DC

analogous

#DC8D61 #DCCA61 #B0DC61

triadic

#DCCA61 #61DCCA #CA61DC

tetradic

#DCCA61 #61DC8D #6173DC #DC61B0

square

#DCCA61 #61DC8D #6173DC #DC61B0

split-complementary

#DCCA61 #61B0DC #8D61DC

monochromatic

#9F8D23 #D1B92F #DCCA61 #E7DB93 #F2ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DCCA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#DCCA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCA61

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCA61	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcca61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 202, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d991',
    500: '#dcca61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcca61;
$custom-light: #e9d991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcca61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83319,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCA61

secondary

#3E4DA3

accent

#34CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCA61

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

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