#DCC451#DCC451

#DCC451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.136 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC451
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -4.77, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 59.29, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0177 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.136 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.7425, 55.2920, 15.7826)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC451 #5169DC

analogous

#DC7F51 #DCC451 #AFDC51

triadic

#DCC451 #51DCC4 #C451DC

tetradic

#DCC451 #51DC7F #5169DC #DC51AF

square

#DCC451 #51DC7F #5169DC #DC51AF

split-complementary

#DCC451 #51AFDC #7F51DC

monochromatic

#95801E #C8AC28 #DCC451 #E6D584 #F0E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#DCC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC451

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC451	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.136 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead587',
    500: '#dcc451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc451;
$custom-light: #ead587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81917,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC451

secondary

#384999

accent

#5CE93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC451

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

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