#DCD151#DCD151

#DCD151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.147 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD151
RGB	rgb(220, 209, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.60, -11.39, 62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.60, 63.75, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(84.61% -0.0366 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(84.61% 0.147 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.8029, 61.4126, 16.8027)
Luminance	0.6141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD151 #515CDC

analogous

#DC8C51 #DCD151 #A2DC51

triadic

#DCD151 #51DCD1 #D151DC

tetradic

#DCD151 #51DC8C #515CDC #DC51A2

square

#DCD151 #51DC8C #515CDC #DC51A2

split-complementary

#DCD151 #51A2DC #8C51DC

monochromatic

#958B1E #C8BB28 #DCD151 #E6DE84 #F0ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DCD151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#DCD151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD151

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD151	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 209, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.147 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade88',
    500: '#dcd151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd151;
$custom-light: #eade88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.252,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84608,
    "c": 0.14703,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD151

secondary

#384099

accent

#4CE93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD151

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

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