#DCD851#DCD851

#DCD851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.154 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD851
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.44, -14.89, 64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.44, 66.36, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.08% -0.0465 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(86.08% 0.154 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.5582, 64.9232, 17.3878)
Luminance	0.6492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD851 #5155DC

analogous

#DC9351 #DCD851 #9BDC51

triadic

#DCD851 #51DCD8 #D851DC

tetradic

#DCD851 #51DC93 #5155DC #DC519B

square

#DCD851 #51DC93 #5155DC #DC519B

split-complementary

#DCD851 #519BDC #9351DC

monochromatic

#95911E #C8C328 #DCD851 #E6E384 #F0EFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DCD851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#DCD851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD851

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD851	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.154 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae388',
    500: '#dcd851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd851;
$custom-light: #eae388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.273,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86077,
    "c": 0.15373,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD851

secondary

#383B99

accent

#43E93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD851

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

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