#DCBB39#DCBB39

#DCBB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.146 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBB39
RGB	rgb(220, 187, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 74.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -1.37, 66.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 66.17, 91.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0107 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.146 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0266, 51.0544, 11.1949)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBB39 #395ADC

analogous

#DC6A39 #DCBB39 #ABDC39

triadic

#DCBB39 #39DCBB #BB39DC

tetradic

#DCBB39 #39DC6A #395ADC #DC39AB

square

#DCBB39 #39DC6A #395ADC #DC39AB

split-complementary

#DCBB39 #39ABDC #6A39DC

monochromatic

#836D17 #B79920 #DCBB39 #E5CD6D #EEDFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DCBB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#DCBB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBB39

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBB39	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 187, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.146 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf78',
    500: '#dcbb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbb39;
$custom-light: #ebcf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.853,
    "s": 69.957,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79885,
    "c": 0.14598,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBB39

secondary

#2F428A

accent

#5FED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF1

border

#D6D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBB39

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

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