#DCD761#DCD761

#DCD761 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.140 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD761
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.32, -13.31, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.32, 59.21, 102.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.0403 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.14 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9750, 64.6813, 20.8431)
Luminance	0.6468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD761 #6166DC

analogous

#DC9A61 #DCD761 #A4DC61

triadic

#DCD761 #61DCD7 #D761DC

tetradic

#DCD761 #61DC9A #6166DC #DC61A4

square

#DCD761 #61DC9A #6166DC #DC61A4

split-complementary

#DCD761 #61A4DC #9A61DC

monochromatic

#9F9A23 #D1CA2F #DCD761 #E7E493 #F2F0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DCD761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#DCD761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD761

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD761	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.140 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e392',
    500: '#dcd761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd761;
$custom-light: #e9e392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.561,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86022,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD761

secondary

#3E42A3

accent

#21CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD761

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

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