#DCBD39#DCBD39

#DCBD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.147 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBD39
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 74.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -2.41, 66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 66.69, 92.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.0136 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.147 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4539, 51.9089, 11.3374)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBD39 #3958DC

analogous

#DC6C39 #DCBD39 #AADC39

triadic

#DCBD39 #39DCBD #BD39DC

tetradic

#DCBD39 #39DC6C #3958DC #DC39AA

square

#DCBD39 #39DC6C #3958DC #DC39AA

split-complementary

#DCBD39 #39AADC #6C39DC

monochromatic

#836F17 #B79B20 #DCBD39 #E5CE6D #EEE0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DCBD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#DCBD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBD39

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBD39	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)

#D1B922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 189, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.147 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd079',
    500: '#dcbd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbd39;
$custom-light: #ebd079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.589,
    "s": 69.957,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80292,
    "c": 0.14727,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBD39

secondary

#2F418A

accent

#5DED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBD39

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

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