#DCBC52#DCBC52

#DCBC52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.129 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBC52
RGB	rgb(220, 188, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -0.56, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 56.42, 90.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0055 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.129 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0237, 51.7939, 15.3960)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBC52 #5272DC

analogous

#DC7752 #DCBC52 #B7DC52

triadic

#DCBC52 #52DCBC #BC52DC

tetradic

#DCBC52 #52DC77 #5272DC #DC52B7

square

#DCBC52 #52DC77 #5272DC #DC52B7

split-complementary

#DCBC52 #52B7DC #7752DC

monochromatic

#957A1E #C8A329 #DCBC52 #E6D085 #F1E3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DCBC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#DCBC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBC52

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBC52	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)

#CFB946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 188, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.129 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacf87',
    500: '#dcbc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbc52;
$custom-light: #eacf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80297,
    "c": 0.1293,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBC52

secondary

#384F9A

accent

#66E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBC52

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

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