#FFDC51#FFDC51

#FFDC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.157 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDC51
RGB	rgb(255, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 68.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.47, -2.40, 69.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.47, 69.82, 91.97°)
OKLab	oklab(89.99% -0.013 0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(89.99% 0.157 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.3218, 73.0441, 18.2832)
Luminance	0.7304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDC51 #5174FF

analogous

#FF8551 #FFDC51 #CBFF51

triadic

#FFDC51 #51FFDC #DC51FF

tetradic

#FFDC51 #51FF85 #5174FF #FF51CB

square

#FFDC51 #51FF85 #5174FF #FF51CB

split-complementary

#FFDC51 #51CBFF #8551FF

monochromatic

#D6AB00 #FFD014 #FFDC51 #FFE88E #FFF5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FFDC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#FFDC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDC51

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDC51	1.00	1.35	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.157 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe689',
    500: '#ffdc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdc51;
$custom-light: #ffe689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.931,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89985,
    "c": 0.15683,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDC51

secondary

#2547D0

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDC51

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

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