#DCD261#DCD261

#DCD261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.135 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD261
RGB	rgb(220, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.01, -10.80, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.01, 57.24, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0331 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.135 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.7212, 62.1737, 20.4252)
Luminance	0.6217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD261 #616BDC

analogous

#DC9561 #DCD261 #A9DC61

triadic

#DCD261 #61DCD2 #D261DC

tetradic

#DCD261 #61DC95 #616BDC #DC61A9

square

#DCD261 #61DC95 #616BDC #DC61A9

split-complementary

#DCD261 #61A9DC #9561DC

monochromatic

#9F9523 #D1C42F #DCD261 #E7E093 #F2EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#DCD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD261

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD261	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.135 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df91',
    500: '#dcd261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd261;
$custom-light: #e9df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84977,
    "c": 0.13476,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD261

secondary

#3E47A3

accent

#28CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD261

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

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