#DCC651#DCC651

#DCC651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.137 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC651
RGB	rgb(220, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -5.80, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 59.93, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0206 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.137 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1967, 56.2002, 15.9340)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC651 #5167DC

analogous

#DC8151 #DCC651 #ACDC51

triadic

#DCC651 #51DCC6 #C651DC

tetradic

#DCC651 #51DC81 #5167DC #DC51AC

square

#DCC651 #51DC81 #5167DC #DC51AC

split-complementary

#DCC651 #51ACDC #8151DC

monochromatic

#95821E #C8AE28 #DCC651 #E6D784 #F0E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DCC651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC651

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC651	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.137 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead787',
    500: '#dcc651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc651;
$custom-light: #ead787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82328,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC651

secondary

#384799

accent

#59E93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC651

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

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