#DCC951#DCC951

#DCC951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC951
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -7.33, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 60.93, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.025 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8892, 57.5852, 16.1648)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC951 #5164DC

analogous

#DC8451 #DCC951 #A9DC51

triadic

#DCC951 #51DCC9 #C951DC

tetradic

#DCC951 #51DC84 #5164DC #DC51A9

square

#DCC951 #51DC84 #5164DC #DC51A9

split-complementary

#DCC951 #51A9DC #8451DC

monochromatic

#95841E #C8B228 #DCC951 #E6D984 #F0E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#DCC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC951

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC951	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead987',
    500: '#dcc951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc951;
$custom-light: #ead987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82946,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC951

secondary

#384599

accent

#56E93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC951

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

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