#DCBB31#DCBB31

#DCBB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.150 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBB31
RGB	rgb(220, 187, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 77.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -1.69, 68.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 68.88, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.0124 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.15 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8426, 50.9808, 10.2255)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBB31 #3152DC

analogous

#DC6531 #DCBB31 #A7DC31

triadic

#DCBB31 #31DCBB #BB31DC

tetradic

#DCBB31 #31DC65 #3152DC #DC31A7

square

#DCBB31 #31DC65 #3152DC #DC31A7

split-complementary

#DCBB31 #31A7DC #6531DC

monochromatic

#7D6915 #B2951E #DCBB31 #E5CC65 #EEDE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DCBB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#DCBB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBB31

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBB31	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbb31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 187, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.150 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf74',
    500: '#dcbb31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbb31;
$custom-light: #ebcf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbb31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 70.954,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79836,
    "c": 0.15031,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBB31

secondary

#2D3E85

accent

#5DEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF1

border

#D6D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBB31

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

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