#DCBA01#DCBA01

#DCBA01 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.163 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBA01
RGB	rgb(220, 186, 1)
HSL	hsl(51, 99%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 100%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 99.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -2.13, 77.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 78.01, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0162 0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.163 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0824, 50.3385, 7.2651)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBA01 #0123DC

analogous

#DC4C01 #DCBA01 #90DC01

triadic

#DCBA01 #01DCBA #BA01DC

tetradic

#DCBA01 #01DC4C #0123DC #DC0190

square

#DCBA01 #01DC4C #0123DC #DC0190

split-complementary

#DCBA01 #0190DC #4C01DC

monochromatic

#625300 #9F8601 #DCBA01 #FEDB1C #FEE559

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DCBA01 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#DCBA01 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBA01

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBA01	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBA01	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C11E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcba01;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 186, 1);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.163 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecce66',
    500: '#dcba01',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcba01;
$custom-light: #ecce66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcba01",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 1
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.685,
    "s": 99.095,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79484,
    "c": 0.16328,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBA01

secondary

#14226D

accent

#4AFF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF0

border

#D7D3CB

text

#171307

muted

#85837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBA01

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

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