#DCD161#DCD161

#DCD161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.134 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD161
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.74, -10.29, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.74, 56.85, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% -0.0317 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.134 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4751, 61.6815, 20.3431)
Luminance	0.6168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD161 #616CDC

analogous

#DC9461 #DCD161 #AADC61

triadic

#DCD161 #61DCD1 #D161DC

tetradic

#DCD161 #61DC94 #616CDC #DC61AA

square

#DCD161 #61DC94 #616CDC #DC61AA

split-complementary

#DCD161 #61AADC #9461DC

monochromatic

#9F9423 #D1C22F #DCD161 #E7E093 #F2EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DCD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#DCD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD161

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD161	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.134 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de91',
    500: '#dcd161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd161;
$custom-light: #e9de91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84769,
    "c": 0.13379,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD161

secondary

#3E47A3

accent

#2ACC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD161

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

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