#DCCD51#DCCD51

#DCCD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.143 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCD51
RGB	rgb(220, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -9.37, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 62.32, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% -0.0308 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.143 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.8338, 59.4745, 16.4797)
Luminance	0.5947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCD51 #5160DC

analogous

#DC8851 #DCCD51 #A6DC51

triadic

#DCCD51 #51DCCD #CD51DC

tetradic

#DCCD51 #51DC88 #5160DC #DC51A6

square

#DCCD51 #51DC88 #5160DC #DC51A6

split-complementary

#DCCD51 #51A6DC #8851DC

monochromatic

#95881E #C8B628 #DCCD51 #E6DC84 #F0EAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DCCD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#DCCD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCD51

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCD51	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dccd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.143 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc87',
    500: '#dccd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dccd51;
$custom-light: #eadc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dccd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.525,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83775,
    "c": 0.1434,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCD51

secondary

#384299

accent

#51E93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCD51

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

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