#DCDA61#DCDA61

#DCDA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.143 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA61
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.11, -14.80, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.11, 60.43, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.0445 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.143 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.7459, 66.2231, 21.1001)
Luminance	0.6622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA61 #6163DC

analogous

#DC9C61 #DCDA61 #A1DC61

triadic

#DCDA61 #61DCDA #DA61DC

tetradic

#DCDA61 #61DC9C #6163DC #DC61A1

square

#DCDA61 #61DC9C #6163DC #DC61A1

split-complementary

#DCDA61 #61A1DC #9C61DC

monochromatic

#9F9D23 #D1CE2F #DCDA61 #E7E693 #F2F1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCDA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#DCDA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA61

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA61	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.143 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e592',
    500: '#dcda61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda61;
$custom-light: #e9e592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86652,
    "c": 0.14284,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA61

secondary

#3E40A3

accent

#1DCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA61

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

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