#DCBA52#DCBA52

#DCBA52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.128 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBA52
RGB	rgb(220, 186, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, 0.49, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 55.86, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0024 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.128 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.5994, 50.9453, 15.2546)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBA52 #5274DC

analogous

#DC7552 #DCBA52 #B9DC52

triadic

#DCBA52 #52DCBA #BA52DC

tetradic

#DCBA52 #52DC75 #5274DC #DC52B9

square

#DCBA52 #52DC75 #5274DC #DC52B9

split-complementary

#DCBA52 #52B9DC #7552DC

monochromatic

#95781E #C8A129 #DCBA52 #E6CE85 #F1E3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DCBA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#DCBA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBA52

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBA52	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)

#CDB747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcba52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 186, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.128 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eace87',
    500: '#dcba52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcba52;
$custom-light: #eace87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcba52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79894,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBA52

secondary

#38509A

accent

#69E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBA52

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

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