#DCCC61#DCCC61

#DCCC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCC61
RGB	rgb(220, 204, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -7.76, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 54.97, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0244 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.2676, 59.2665, 19.9406)
Luminance	0.5926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCC61 #6171DC

analogous

#DC8F61 #DCCC61 #AFDC61

triadic

#DCCC61 #61DCCC #CC61DC

tetradic

#DCCC61 #61DC8F #6171DC #DC61AF

square

#DCCC61 #61DC8F #6171DC #DC61AF

split-complementary

#DCCC61 #61AFDC #8F61DC

monochromatic

#9F8F23 #D1BC2F #DCCC61 #E7DC93 #F2ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DCCC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#DCCC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCC61

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCC61	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dccc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 204, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db91',
    500: '#dccc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dccc61;
$custom-light: #e9db91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dccc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83732,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCC61

secondary

#3E4BA3

accent

#31CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCC61

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

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