#DCBD42#DCBD42

#DCBD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.142 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBD42
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -2.00, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 63.34, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0115 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.142 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6986, 52.0068, 12.6265)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBD42 #4261DC

analogous

#DC7042 #DCBD42 #AEDC42

triadic

#DCBD42 #42DCBD #BD42DC

tetradic

#DCBD42 #42DC70 #4261DC #DC42AE

square

#DCBD42 #42DC70 #4261DC #DC42AE

split-complementary

#DCBD42 #42AEDC #7042DC

monochromatic

#8A731A #BE9F23 #DCBD42 #E6CF76 #EFE1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DCBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#DCBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBD42

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBD42	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)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.142 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd07d',
    500: '#dcbd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbd42;
$custom-light: #ebd07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.922,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80357,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBD42

secondary

#324590

accent

#60EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBD42

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

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