#DCD551#DCD551

#DCD551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.151 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD551
RGB	rgb(220, 213, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.65, -13.39, 63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.65, 65.23, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.0423 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.151 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.7966, 63.4001, 17.1340)
Luminance	0.6340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD551 #5158DC

analogous

#DC9051 #DCD551 #9EDC51

triadic

#DCD551 #51DCD5 #D551DC

tetradic

#DCD551 #51DC90 #5158DC #DC519E

square

#DCD551 #51DC90 #5158DC #DC519E

split-complementary

#DCD551 #519EDC #9051DC

monochromatic

#958F1E #C8C028 #DCD551 #E6E184 #F0EEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DCD551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#DCD551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD551

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD551	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 213, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.151 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae188',
    500: '#dcd551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd551;
$custom-light: #eae188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.978,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85446,
    "c": 0.15081,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD551

secondary

#383D99

accent

#47E93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD551

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

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