#DCBD35#DCBD35

#DCBD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.149 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBD35
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 75.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -2.58, 68.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 68.07, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0145 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.15 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3580, 51.8706, 10.8324)
Luminance	0.5187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBD35 #3554DC

analogous

#DC6935 #DCBD35 #A7DC35

triadic

#DCBD35 #35DCBD #BD35DC

tetradic

#DCBD35 #35DC69 #3554DC #DC35A7

square

#DCBD35 #35DC69 #3554DC #DC35A7

split-complementary

#DCBD35 #35A7DC #6935DC

monochromatic

#806D16 #B5991F #DCBD35 #E5CE69 #EEDF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DCBD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#DCBD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBD35

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBD35	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)

#D1B91A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbd35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 189, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.149 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd076',
    500: '#dcbd35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbd35;
$custom-light: #ebd076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbd35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.862,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80266,
    "c": 0.1495,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBD35

secondary

#2E3F87

accent

#5CED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBD35

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

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