#DCCE51#DCCE51

#DCCE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.144 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCE51
RGB	rgb(220, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, -9.88, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 62.67, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0323 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.144 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.0738, 59.9544, 16.5597)
Luminance	0.5995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCE51 #515FDC

analogous

#DC8951 #DCCE51 #A5DC51

triadic

#DCCE51 #51DCCE #CE51DC

tetradic

#DCCE51 #51DC89 #515FDC #DC51A5

square

#DCCE51 #51DC89 #515FDC #DC51A5

split-complementary

#DCCE51 #51A5DC #8951DC

monochromatic

#95891E #C8B828 #DCCE51 #E6DC84 #F0EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DCCE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#DCCE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCE51

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCE51	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.144 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc87',
    500: '#dcce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcce51;
$custom-light: #eadc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.957,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83983,
    "c": 0.14429,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCE51

secondary

#384299

accent

#50E93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCE51

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

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