#DCC151#DCC151

#DCC151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.134 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC151
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -3.22, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 58.34, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0132 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.134 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0726, 53.9521, 15.5593)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC151 #516CDC

analogous

#DC7C51 #DCC151 #B2DC51

triadic

#DCC151 #51DCC1 #C151DC

tetradic

#DCC151 #51DC7C #516CDC #DC51B2

square

#DCC151 #51DC7C #516CDC #DC51B2

split-complementary

#DCC151 #51B2DC #7C51DC

monochromatic

#957E1E #C8A928 #DCC151 #E6D384 #F0E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCC151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#DCC151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC151

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC151	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.134 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead386',
    500: '#dcc151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc151;
$custom-light: #ead386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81303,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC151

secondary

#384B99

accent

#60E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC151

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

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