#DCDB51#DCDB51

#DCDB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.157 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDB51
RGB	rgb(220, 219, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, -16.37, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 67.52, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(86.71% -0.0507 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(86.71% 0.157 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.3337, 66.4744, 17.6463)
Luminance	0.6647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDB51 #5152DC

analogous

#DC9651 #DCDB51 #98DC51

triadic

#DCDB51 #51DCDB #DB51DC

tetradic

#DCDB51 #51DC96 #5152DC #DC5198

square

#DCDB51 #51DC96 #5152DC #DC5198

split-complementary

#DCDB51 #5198DC #9651DC

monochromatic

#95941E #C8C628 #DCDB51 #E6E684 #F0F0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DCDB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#DCDB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDB51

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDB51	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 219, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.157 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae588',
    500: '#dcdb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdb51;
$custom-light: #eae588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8671,
    "c": 0.15671,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDB51

secondary

#383999

accent

#40E93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDB51

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

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