#DCDF51#DCDF51

#DCDF51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.161 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDF51
RGB	rgb(220, 223, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.30, -18.34, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.30, 69.09, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.0562 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.161 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.3898, 68.5866, 17.9984)
Luminance	0.6858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDF51 #5451DF

analogous

#DF9B51 #DCDF51 #95DF51

triadic

#DCDF51 #51DCDF #DF51DC

tetradic

#DCDF51 #51DF9B #5451DF #DF5195

square

#DCDF51 #51DF9B #5451DF #DF5195

split-complementary

#DCDF51 #5195DF #9B51DF

monochromatic

#97991C #CACD26 #DCDF51 #E6E985 #F1F2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DCDF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#DCDF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDF51

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDF51	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 223, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.161 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae889',
    500: '#dcdf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdf51;
$custom-light: #eae889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.268,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87557,
    "c": 0.16078,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDF51

secondary

#39379D

accent

#3CEC40

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDF51

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

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