#DCCA51#DCCA51

#DCCA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.141 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCA51
RGB	rgb(220, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -7.84, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 61.27, 97.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0265 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.141 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1230, 58.0530, 16.2428)
Luminance	0.5805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCA51 #5163DC

analogous

#DC8551 #DCCA51 #A9DC51

triadic

#DCCA51 #51DCCA #CA51DC

tetradic

#DCCA51 #51DC85 #5163DC #DC51A9

square

#DCCA51 #51DC85 #5163DC #DC51A9

split-complementary

#DCCA51 #51A9DC #8551DC

monochromatic

#95851E #C8B328 #DCCA51 #E6DA84 #F0E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DCCA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#DCCA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCA51

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCA51	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.141 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead987',
    500: '#dcca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcca51;
$custom-light: #ead987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83153,
    "c": 0.14079,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCA51

secondary

#384599

accent

#55E93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCA51

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

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