#DCD561#DCD561

#DCD561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.138 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD561
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -12.31, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 58.41, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.0374 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.138 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.4688, 63.6689, 20.6744)
Luminance	0.6367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD561 #6168DC

analogous

#DC9761 #DCD561 #A6DC61

triadic

#DCD561 #61DCD5 #D561DC

tetradic

#DCD561 #61DC97 #6168DC #DC61A6

square

#DCD561 #61DC97 #6168DC #DC61A6

split-complementary

#DCD561 #61A6DC #9761DC

monochromatic

#9F9823 #D1C82F #DCD561 #E7E293 #F2F0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DCD561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#DCD561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD561

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD561	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.138 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e192',
    500: '#dcd561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd561;
$custom-light: #e9e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.585,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85603,
    "c": 0.13772,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD561

secondary

#3E44A3

accent

#24CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD561

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

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