#DCBC39#DCBC39

#DCBC39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.147 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBC39
RGB	rgb(220, 188, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 74.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -1.90, 66.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 66.43, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.0121 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.147 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2395, 51.4802, 11.2659)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBC39 #3959DC

analogous

#DC6B39 #DCBC39 #ABDC39

triadic

#DCBC39 #39DCBC #BC39DC

tetradic

#DCBC39 #39DC6B #3959DC #DC39AB

square

#DCBC39 #39DC6B #3959DC #DC39AB

split-complementary

#DCBC39 #39ABDC #6B39DC

monochromatic

#836E17 #B79A20 #DCBC39 #E5CE6D #EEDFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DCBC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#DCBC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBC39

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBC39	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbc39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 188, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.147 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf78',
    500: '#dcbc39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbc39;
$custom-light: #ebcf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbc39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.221,
    "s": 69.957,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80088,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBC39

secondary

#2F418A

accent

#5EED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBC39

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

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