#DCBD49#DCBD49

#DCBD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.137 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBD49
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -1.62, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 60.53, 91.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0096 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.137 94)
XYZ	xyz(48.9178, 52.0945, 13.7807)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBD49 #4968DC

analogous

#DC7449 #DCBD49 #B1DC49

triadic

#DCBD49 #49DCBD #BD49DC

tetradic

#DCBD49 #49DC74 #4968DC #DC49B1

square

#DCBD49 #49DC74 #4968DC #DC49B1

split-complementary

#DCBD49 #49B1DC #7449DC

monochromatic

#8F771C #C2A125 #DCBD49 #E6D07C #F0E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DCBD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#DCBD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBD49

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBD49	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.137 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd081',
    500: '#dcbd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbd49;
$custom-light: #ebd081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.347,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80415,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.52092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBD49

secondary

#354994

accent

#62EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBD49

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

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