#DCBB57#DCBB57

#DCBB57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.125 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBB57
RGB	rgb(220, 187, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, 0.30, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 53.92, 89.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0024 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.125 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0081, 51.4470, 16.3639)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBB57 #5778DC

analogous

#DC7957 #DCBB57 #BADC57

triadic

#DCBB57 #57DCBB #BB57DC

tetradic

#DCBB57 #57DC79 #5778DC #DC57BA

square

#DCBB57 #57DC79 #5778DC #DC57BA

split-complementary

#DCBB57 #57BADC #7957DC

monochromatic

#997B20 #CBA32A #DCBB57 #E7D08A #F1E4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DCBB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#DCBB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBB57

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBB57	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 187, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.125 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacf8a',
    500: '#dcbb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbb57;
$custom-light: #eacf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80148,
    "c": 0.12453,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBB57

secondary

#3A539D

accent

#45CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBB57

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

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