#DCC251#DCC251

#DCC251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.134 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC251
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -3.74, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 58.65, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0147 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.134 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.2944, 54.3957, 15.6332)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC251 #516BDC

analogous

#DC7D51 #DCC251 #B1DC51

triadic

#DCC251 #51DCC2 #C251DC

tetradic

#DCC251 #51DC7D #516BDC #DC51B1

square

#DCC251 #51DC7D #516BDC #DC51B1

split-complementary

#DCC251 #51B1DC #7D51DC

monochromatic

#957E1E #C8AA28 #DCC251 #E6D484 #F0E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#DCC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC251

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC251	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.134 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead486',
    500: '#dcc251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc251;
$custom-light: #ead486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81508,
    "c": 0.13434,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC251

secondary

#384A99

accent

#5EE93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC251

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

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