#DCD951#DCD951

#DCD951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.155 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD951
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -15.38, 64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 66.75, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.0479 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.155 108)
XYZ	xyz(55.8151, 65.4371, 17.4735)
Luminance	0.6543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD951 #5154DC

analogous

#DC9451 #DCD951 #9ADC51

triadic

#DCD951 #51DCD9 #D951DC

tetradic

#DCD951 #51DC94 #5154DC #DC519A

square

#DCD951 #51DC94 #5154DC #DC519A

split-complementary

#DCD951 #519ADC #9451DC

monochromatic

#95921E #C8C428 #DCD951 #E6E484 #F0EFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#DCD951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD951

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD951	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.155 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae488',
    500: '#dcd951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd951;
$custom-light: #eae488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86288,
    "c": 0.15472,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.65435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD951

secondary

#383A99

accent

#42E93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD951

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

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