#DCD461#DCD461

#DCD461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.137 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD461
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.53, -11.80, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.53, 58.02, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.036 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.137 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.2181, 63.1674, 20.5908)
Luminance	0.6317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD461 #6169DC

analogous

#DC9761 #DCD461 #A6DC61

triadic

#DCD461 #61DCD4 #D461DC

tetradic

#DCD461 #61DC97 #6169DC #DC61A6

square

#DCD461 #61DC97 #6169DC #DC61A6

split-complementary

#DCD461 #61A6DC #9761DC

monochromatic

#9F9723 #D1C62F #DCD461 #E7E293 #F2EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#DCD461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD461

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD461	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.137 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e192',
    500: '#dcd461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd461;
$custom-light: #e9e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85394,
    "c": 0.13672,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD461

secondary

#3E45A3

accent

#26CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD461

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

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