#DCDC51#DCDC51

#DCDC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.158 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDC51
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -16.87, 65.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 67.91, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.0521 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.158 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.5954, 66.9977, 17.7336)
Luminance	0.6700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDC51 #5151DC

analogous

#DC9751 #DCDC51 #97DC51

triadic

#DCDC51 #51DCDC #DC51DC

tetradic

#DCDC51 #51DC97 #5151DC #DC5197

square

#DCDC51 #51DC97 #5151DC #DC5197

split-complementary

#DCDC51 #5197DC #9751DC

monochromatic

#95951E #C8C828 #DCDC51 #E6E684 #F0F0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DCDC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#DCDC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDC51

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDC51	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.158 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae688',
    500: '#dcdc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdc51;
$custom-light: #eae688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86921,
    "c": 0.15771,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDC51

secondary

#383899

accent

#3EE93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDC51

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

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