#DCC551#DCC551

#DCC551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.137 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC551
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -5.28, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 59.61, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0192 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.137 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9688, 55.7446, 15.8580)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC551 #5168DC

analogous

#DC8051 #DCC551 #AEDC51

triadic

#DCC551 #51DCC5 #C551DC

tetradic

#DCC551 #51DC80 #5168DC #DC51AE

square

#DCC551 #51DC80 #5168DC #DC51AE

split-complementary

#DCC551 #51AEDC #8051DC

monochromatic

#95811E #C8AD28 #DCC551 #E6D684 #F0E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DCC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC551

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC551	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.137 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead687',
    500: '#dcc551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc551;
$custom-light: #ead687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82122,
    "c": 0.13666,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC551

secondary

#384899

accent

#5BE93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC551

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

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