#DCBD51#DCBD51

#DCBD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.131 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBD51
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -1.14, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 57.15, 91.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0073 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.131 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.2003, 52.2075, 15.2685)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBD51 #5170DC

analogous

#DC7851 #DCBD51 #B5DC51

triadic

#DCBD51 #51DCBD #BD51DC

tetradic

#DCBD51 #51DC78 #5170DC #DC51B5

square

#DCBD51 #51DC78 #5170DC #DC51B5

split-complementary

#DCBD51 #51B5DC #7851DC

monochromatic

#957A1E #C8A428 #DCBD51 #E6D084 #F0E4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DCBD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#DCBD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBD51

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBD51	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.131 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead086',
    500: '#dcbd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbd51;
$custom-light: #ead086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8049,
    "c": 0.13076,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBD51

secondary

#384E99

accent

#65E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBD51

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

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