#DCCC51#DCCC51

#DCCC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.143 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCC51
RGB	rgb(220, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -8.86, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 61.97, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0294 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.143 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5953, 58.9976, 16.4002)
Luminance	0.5899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCC51 #5161DC

analogous

#DC8751 #DCCC51 #A6DC51

triadic

#DCCC51 #51DCCC #CC51DC

tetradic

#DCCC51 #51DC87 #5161DC #DC51A6

square

#DCCC51 #51DC87 #5161DC #DC51A6

split-complementary

#DCCC51 #51A6DC #8751DC

monochromatic

#95871E #C8B528 #DCCC51 #E6DB84 #F0EAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DCCC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#DCCC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCC51

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCC51	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dccc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.143 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb87',
    500: '#dccc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dccc51;
$custom-light: #eadb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dccc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83567,
    "c": 0.14252,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCC51

secondary

#384399

accent

#52E93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCC51

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

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