#DCD051#DCD051

#DCD051 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.146 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD051
RGB	rgb(220, 208, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -10.89, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 63.39, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% -0.0351 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.146 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5583, 60.9235, 16.7212)
Luminance	0.6092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD051 #515DDC

analogous

#DC8B51 #DCD051 #A3DC51

triadic

#DCD051 #51DCD0 #D051DC

tetradic

#DCD051 #51DC8B #515DDC #DC51A3

square

#DCD051 #51DC8B #515DDC #DC51A3

split-complementary

#DCD051 #51A3DC #8B51DC

monochromatic

#958A1E #C8BA28 #DCD051 #E6DE84 #F0ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DCD051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#DCD051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD051

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD051	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 208, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.146 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade87',
    500: '#dcd051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd051;
$custom-light: #eade87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.844,
    "c": 0.14611,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD051

secondary

#384099

accent

#4DE93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD051

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

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