#DCBB01#DCBB01

#DCBB01 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.164 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBB01
RGB	rgb(220, 187, 1)
HSL	hsl(51, 99%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 100%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 99.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -2.64, 78.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 78.21, 91.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0177 0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.164 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.2938, 50.7613, 7.3356)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBB01 #0122DC

analogous

#DC4D01 #DCBB01 #8FDC01

triadic

#DCBB01 #01DCBB #BB01DC

tetradic

#DCBB01 #01DC4D #0122DC #DC018F

square

#DCBB01 #01DC4D #0122DC #DC018F

split-complementary

#DCBB01 #018FDC #4D01DC

monochromatic

#625300 #9F8701 #DCBB01 #FEDC1C #FEE559

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DCBB01 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#DCBB01 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBB01

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBB01	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBB01	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C11E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFAB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbb01;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 187, 1);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.164 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecce66',
    500: '#dcbb01',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbb01;
$custom-light: #ecce66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbb01",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 1
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 99.095,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79688,
    "c": 0.16386,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBB01

secondary

#14216D

accent

#49FF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF0

border

#D7D3CB

text

#171307

muted

#85837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBB01

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

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