#DCBB42#DCBB42

#DCBB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.140 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBB42
RGB	rgb(220, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -0.95, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 62.80, 90.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0085 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.14 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2714, 51.1523, 12.4840)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBB42 #4263DC

analogous

#DC6E42 #DCBB42 #B0DC42

triadic

#DCBB42 #42DCBB #BB42DC

tetradic

#DCBB42 #42DC6E #4263DC #DC42B0

square

#DCBB42 #42DC6E #4263DC #DC42B0

split-complementary

#DCBB42 #42B0DC #6E42DC

monochromatic

#8A721A #BE9D23 #DCBB42 #E6CE76 #EFE0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DCBB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#DCBB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBB42

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBB42	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.140 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf7d',
    500: '#dcbb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbb42;
$custom-light: #ebcf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79951,
    "c": 0.14039,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBB42

secondary

#324690

accent

#62EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBB42

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

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