#DCC051#DCC051

#DCC051 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.133 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC051
RGB	rgb(220, 192, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -2.70, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 58.04, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0117 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.133 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.8523, 53.5115, 15.4859)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC051 #516DDC

analogous

#DC7B51 #DCC051 #B2DC51

triadic

#DCC051 #51DCC0 #C051DC

tetradic

#DCC051 #51DC7B #516DDC #DC51B2

square

#DCC051 #51DC7B #516DDC #DC51B2

split-complementary

#DCC051 #51B2DC #7B51DC

monochromatic

#957D1E #C8A828 #DCC051 #E6D284 #F0E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCC051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#DCC051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC051

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC051	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 192, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.133 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead286',
    500: '#dcc051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc051;
$custom-light: #ead286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81099,
    "c": 0.13286,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC051

secondary

#384C99

accent

#61E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC051

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

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