#DCB950#DCB950

#DCB950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.129 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB950
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, 0.88, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 56.46, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0015 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.129 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3145, 50.4955, 14.7896)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB950 #5073DC

analogous

#DC7350 #DCB950 #B9DC50

triadic

#DCB950 #50DCB9 #B950DC

tetradic

#DCB950 #50DC73 #5073DC #DC50B9

square

#DCB950 #50DC73 #5073DC #DC50B9

split-complementary

#DCB950 #50B9DC #7350DC

monochromatic

#94761E #C79F28 #DCB950 #E6CD83 #F0E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DCB950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#DCB950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB950

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB950	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.129 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd85',
    500: '#dcb950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb950;
$custom-light: #eacd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79672,
    "c": 0.12897,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB950

secondary

#385099

accent

#69EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB950

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

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