#DCBC57#DCBC57

#DCBC57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.125 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBC57
RGB	rgb(220, 188, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -0.22, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 54.21, 90.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0039 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.125 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2210, 51.8728, 16.4348)
Luminance	0.5187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBC57 #5777DC

analogous

#DC7A57 #DCBC57 #B9DC57

triadic

#DCBC57 #57DCBC #BC57DC

tetradic

#DCBC57 #57DC7A #5777DC #DC57B9

square

#DCBC57 #57DC7A #5777DC #DC57B9

split-complementary

#DCBC57 #57B9DC #7A57DC

monochromatic

#997C20 #CBA52A #DCBC57 #E7D08A #F1E4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DCBC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#DCBC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBC57

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBC57	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)

#CEB94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 188, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.125 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacf8a',
    500: '#dcbc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbc57;
$custom-light: #eacf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8035,
    "c": 0.12519,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBC57

secondary

#3A529D

accent

#44CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBC57

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

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