#DCBC51#DCBC51

#DCBC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.130 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBC51
RGB	rgb(220, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -0.62, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 56.86, 90.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.0058 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.13 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9859, 51.7788, 15.1971)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBC51 #5171DC

analogous

#DC7751 #DCBC51 #B7DC51

triadic

#DCBC51 #51DCBC #BC51DC

tetradic

#DCBC51 #51DC77 #5171DC #DC51B7

square

#DCBC51 #51DC77 #5171DC #DC51B7

split-complementary

#DCBC51 #51B7DC #7751DC

monochromatic

#95791E #C8A328 #DCBC51 #E6D084 #F0E3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DCBC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#DCBC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBC51

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBC51	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.130 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacf86',
    500: '#dcbc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbc51;
$custom-light: #eacf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80287,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBC51

secondary

#384E99

accent

#66E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBC51

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

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