#DCBC42#DCBC42

#DCBC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.141 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBC42
RGB	rgb(220, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -1.48, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 63.06, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.01 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.141 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4843, 51.5781, 12.5550)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBC42 #4262DC

analogous

#DC6F42 #DCBC42 #AFDC42

triadic

#DCBC42 #42DCBC #BC42DC

tetradic

#DCBC42 #42DC6F #4262DC #DC42AF

square

#DCBC42 #42DC6F #4262DC #DC42AF

split-complementary

#DCBC42 #42AFDC #6F42DC

monochromatic

#8A731A #BE9E23 #DCBC42 #E6CE76 #EFE1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DCBC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#DCBC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBC42

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBC42	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.141 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf7d',
    500: '#dcbc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbc42;
$custom-light: #ebcf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.532,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80154,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBC42

secondary

#324690

accent

#61EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBC42

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

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