#DCD351#DCD351

#DCD351 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.149 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD351
RGB	rgb(220, 211, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.13, -12.39, 63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.13, 64.48, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.0394 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.149 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2966, 62.4002, 16.9673)
Luminance	0.6240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD351 #515ADC

analogous

#DC8E51 #DCD351 #A0DC51

triadic

#DCD351 #51DCD3 #D351DC

tetradic

#DCD351 #51DC8E #515ADC #DC51A0

square

#DCD351 #51DC8E #515ADC #DC51A0

split-complementary

#DCD351 #51A0DC #8E51DC

monochromatic

#958D1E #C8BD28 #DCD351 #E6E084 #F0EDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DCD351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#DCD351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD351

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD351	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 211, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.149 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae088',
    500: '#dcd351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd351;
$custom-light: #eae088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.115,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85027,
    "c": 0.1489,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD351

secondary

#383E99

accent

#49E93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD351

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

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