#DCD451#DCD451

#DCD451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.150 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD451
RGB	rgb(220, 212, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.39, -12.89, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.39, 64.85, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.24% -0.0408 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(85.24% 0.15 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.5458, 62.8986, 17.0504)
Luminance	0.6290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD451 #5159DC

analogous

#DC8F51 #DCD451 #9FDC51

triadic

#DCD451 #51DCD4 #D451DC

tetradic

#DCD451 #51DC8F #5159DC #DC519F

square

#DCD451 #51DC8F #5159DC #DC519F

split-complementary

#DCD451 #519FDC #8F51DC

monochromatic

#958E1E #C8BE28 #DCD451 #E6E184 #F0EDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DCD451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#DCD451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD451

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD451	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 212, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.150 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae088',
    500: '#dcd451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd451;
$custom-light: #eae088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.547,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85236,
    "c": 0.14985,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD451

secondary

#383E99

accent

#48E93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD451

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

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