#DCDA51#DCDA51

#DCDA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.156 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDA51
RGB	rgb(220, 218, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.97, -15.88, 65.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.97, 67.13, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0493 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.156 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.0737, 65.9542, 17.5596)
Luminance	0.6595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDA51 #5153DC

analogous

#DC9551 #DCDA51 #99DC51

triadic

#DCDA51 #51DCDA #DA51DC

tetradic

#DCDA51 #51DC95 #5153DC #DC5199

square

#DCDA51 #51DC95 #5153DC #DC5199

split-complementary

#DCDA51 #5199DC #9551DC

monochromatic

#95931E #C8C528 #DCDA51 #E6E584 #F0F0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DCDA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#DCDA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDA51

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDA51	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcda51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 218, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.156 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae588',
    500: '#dcda51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcda51;
$custom-light: #eae588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcda51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86498,
    "c": 0.1557,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDA51

secondary

#383999

accent

#41E93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDA51

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

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