#DCBC59#DCBC59

#DCBC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.123 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBC59
RGB	rgb(220, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -0.08, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 53.31, 90.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0032 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.123 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.3038, 51.9059, 16.8711)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBC59 #5979DC

analogous

#DC7B59 #DCBC59 #BADC59

triadic

#DCBC59 #59DCBC #BC59DC

tetradic

#DCBC59 #59DC7B #5979DC #DC59BA

square

#DCBC59 #59DC7B #5979DC #DC59BA

split-complementary

#DCBC59 #59BADC #7B59DC

monochromatic

#9A7C20 #CDA52B #DCBC59 #E7D08C #F1E5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DCBC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#DCBC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBC59

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBC59	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.123 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacf8b',
    500: '#dcbc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbc59;
$custom-light: #eacf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80372,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBC59

secondary

#3B539E

accent

#45CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBC59

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

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