#DCD361#DCD361

#DCD361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.136 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD361
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.27, -11.30, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.27, 57.63, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.0346 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.136 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.9689, 62.6690, 20.5077)
Luminance	0.6267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD361 #616ADC

analogous

#DC9661 #DCD361 #A7DC61

triadic

#DCD361 #61DCD3 #D361DC

tetradic

#DCD361 #61DC96 #616ADC #DC61A7

square

#DCD361 #61DC96 #616ADC #DC61A7

split-complementary

#DCD361 #61A7DC #9661DC

monochromatic

#9F9623 #D1C52F #DCD361 #E7E193 #F2EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#DCD361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD361

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD361	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.136 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e091',
    500: '#dcd361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd361;
$custom-light: #e9e091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85185,
    "c": 0.13574,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD361

secondary

#3E46A3

accent

#27CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD361

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

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