#DCBB51#DCBB51

#DCBB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.129 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBB51
RGB	rgb(220, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -0.10, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 56.58, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0043 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.129 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7731, 51.3530, 15.1261)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBB51 #5172DC

analogous

#DC7651 #DCBB51 #B8DC51

triadic

#DCBB51 #51DCBB #BB51DC

tetradic

#DCBB51 #51DC76 #5172DC #DC51B8

square

#DCBB51 #51DC76 #5172DC #DC51B8

split-complementary

#DCBB51 #51B8DC #7651DC

monochromatic

#95781E #C8A228 #DCBB51 #E6CF84 #F0E3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DCBB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#DCBB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBB51

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBB51	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.129 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacf86',
    500: '#dcbb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbb51;
$custom-light: #eacf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80085,
    "c": 0.12944,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBB51

secondary

#384F99

accent

#67E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBB51

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

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