#DCBC53#DCBC53

#DCBC53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.128 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBC53
RGB	rgb(220, 188, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -0.49, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 55.99, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0051 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.128 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0620, 51.8092, 15.5979)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBC53 #5373DC

analogous

#DC7753 #DCBC53 #B8DC53

triadic

#DCBC53 #53DCBC #BC53DC

tetradic

#DCBC53 #53DC77 #5373DC #DC53B8

square

#DCBC53 #53DC77 #5373DC #DC53B8

split-complementary

#DCBC53 #53B8DC #7753DC

monochromatic

#967A1F #C9A429 #DCBC53 #E6D086 #F1E4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DCBC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#DCBC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBC53

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBC53	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)

#CFB948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 188, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.128 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacf87',
    500: '#dcbc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbc53;
$custom-light: #eacf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80308,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBC53

secondary

#39509B

accent

#66E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBC53

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

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