#DCD651#DCD651

#DCD651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.152 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD651
RGB	rgb(220, 214, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.92, -13.89, 64.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.92, 65.60, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0437 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.152 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0489, 63.9047, 17.2181)
Luminance	0.6390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD651 #5157DC

analogous

#DC9151 #DCD651 #9DDC51

triadic

#DCD651 #51DCD6 #D651DC

tetradic

#DCD651 #51DC91 #5157DC #DC519D

square

#DCD651 #51DC91 #5157DC #DC519D

split-complementary

#DCD651 #519DDC #9151DC

monochromatic

#95901E #C8C128 #DCD651 #E6E284 #F0EEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DCD651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#DCD651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD651

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD651	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 214, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.152 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae288',
    500: '#dcd651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd651;
$custom-light: #eae288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85656,
    "c": 0.15177,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD651

secondary

#383C99

accent

#46E93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD651

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

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