#DCBA53#DCBA53

#DCBA53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.127 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBA53
RGB	rgb(220, 186, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, 0.55, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 55.42, 89.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0021 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.127 91)
XYZ	xyz(48.6378, 50.9606, 15.4565)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBA53 #5375DC

analogous

#DC7553 #DCBA53 #BADC53

triadic

#DCBA53 #53DCBA #BA53DC

tetradic

#DCBA53 #53DC75 #5375DC #DC53BA

square

#DCBA53 #53DC75 #5375DC #DC53BA

split-complementary

#DCBA53 #53BADC #7553DC

monochromatic

#96781F #C9A129 #DCBA53 #E6CE86 #F1E3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DCBA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#DCBA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBA53

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBA53	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)

#CDB848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcba53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 186, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.127 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eace87',
    500: '#dcba53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcba53;
$custom-light: #eace87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcba53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79904,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.50958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBA53

secondary

#39519B

accent

#69E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF3

border

#D6D3CD

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBA53

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

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