#DCDD51#DCDD51

#DCDD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.159 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDD51
RGB	rgb(220, 221, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.77, -17.36, 66.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.77, 68.30, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% -0.0534 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.159 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.8586, 67.5242, 17.8213)
Luminance	0.6752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDD51 #5251DD

analogous

#DD9851 #DCDD51 #96DD51

triadic

#DCDD51 #51DCDD #DD51DC

tetradic

#DCDD51 #51DD98 #5251DD #DD5196

square

#DCDD51 #51DD98 #5251DD #DD5196

split-complementary

#DCDD51 #5196DD #9851DD

monochromatic

#95961D #C8C927 #DCDD51 #E6E784 #F1F1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DCDD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#DCDD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDD51

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDD51	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 221, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.159 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae788',
    500: '#dcdd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdd51;
$custom-light: #eae788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87133,
    "c": 0.15873,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDD51

secondary

#38389B

accent

#3EEA3F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDD51

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

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