#DCBA51#DCBA51

#DCBA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.129 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBA51
RGB	rgb(220, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, 0.42, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 56.30, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0027 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.129 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5617, 50.9302, 15.0556)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBA51 #5173DC

analogous

#DC7551 #DCBA51 #B8DC51

triadic

#DCBA51 #51DCBA #BA51DC

tetradic

#DCBA51 #51DC75 #5173DC #DC51B8

square

#DCBA51 #51DC75 #5173DC #DC51B8

split-complementary

#DCBA51 #51B8DC #7551DC

monochromatic

#95781E #C8A128 #DCBA51 #E6CE84 #F0E2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DCBA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#DCBA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBA51

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBA51	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.129 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eace86',
    500: '#dcba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcba51;
$custom-light: #eace86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79884,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBA51

secondary

#385099

accent

#68E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBA51

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

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