#DCBC56#DCBC56

#DCBC56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.126 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBC56
RGB	rgb(220, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -0.29, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 54.66, 90.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0042 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.126 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.1804, 51.8565, 16.2212)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBC56 #5676DC

analogous

#DC7956 #DCBC56 #B9DC56

triadic

#DCBC56 #56DCBC #BC56DC

tetradic

#DCBC56 #56DC79 #5676DC #DC56B9

square

#DCBC56 #56DC79 #5676DC #DC56B9

split-complementary

#DCBC56 #56B9DC #7956DC

monochromatic

#987B20 #CBA42A #DCBC56 #E6D089 #F1E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DCBC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#DCBC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBC56

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBC56	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.126 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacf89',
    500: '#dcbc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbc56;
$custom-light: #eacf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80339,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBC56

secondary

#3A519C

accent

#68E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBC56

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

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