#DCD861#DCD861

#DCD861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.141 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD861
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.58, -13.81, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.58, 59.62, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.23% -0.0417 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(86.23% 0.141 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.2304, 65.1921, 20.9282)
Luminance	0.6519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD861 #6165DC

analogous

#DC9B61 #DCD861 #A2DC61

triadic

#DCD861 #61DCD8 #D861DC

tetradic

#DCD861 #61DC9B #6165DC #DC61A2

square

#DCD861 #61DC9B #6165DC #DC61A2

split-complementary

#DCD861 #61A2DC #9B61DC

monochromatic

#9F9B23 #D1CC2F #DCD861 #E7E493 #F2F1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#DCD861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD861

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD861	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.141 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e392',
    500: '#dcd861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd861;
$custom-light: #e9e392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.049,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86232,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD861

secondary

#3E42A3

accent

#20CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD861

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

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