#DCBD41#DCBD41

#DCBD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.142 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBD41
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -2.05, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 63.73, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0117 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.142 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.6694, 51.9951, 12.4725)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBD41 #4160DC

analogous

#DC6F41 #DCBD41 #ADDC41

triadic

#DCBD41 #41DCBD #BD41DC

tetradic

#DCBD41 #41DC6F #4160DC #DC41AD

square

#DCBD41 #41DC6F #4160DC #DC41AD

split-complementary

#DCBD41 #41ADDC #6F41DC

monochromatic

#897319 #BD9E23 #DCBD41 #E6CF75 #EFE1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DCBD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#DCBD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBD41

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBD41	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbd41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 189, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.142 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd07d',
    500: '#dcbd41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbd41;
$custom-light: #ebd07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbd41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80349,
    "c": 0.14234,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBD41

secondary

#32458F

accent

#5FEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBD41

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

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