#DCC851#DCC851

#DCC851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.139 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC851
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -6.82, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 60.60, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0236 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.139 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6568, 57.1205, 16.0874)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC851 #5165DC

analogous

#DC8351 #DCC851 #ABDC51

triadic

#DCC851 #51DCC8 #C851DC

tetradic

#DCC851 #51DC83 #5165DC #DC51AB

square

#DCC851 #51DC83 #5165DC #DC51AB

split-complementary

#DCC851 #51ABDC #8351DC

monochromatic

#95841E #C8B128 #DCC851 #E6D884 #F0E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DCC851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#DCC851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC851

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC851	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.139 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead887',
    500: '#dcc851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc851;
$custom-light: #ead887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8274,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC851

secondary

#384699

accent

#57E93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC851

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

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