#DCBD53#DCBD53

#DCBD53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.129 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBD53
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -1.01, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 56.28, 91.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0067 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.129 93)
XYZ	xyz(49.2764, 52.2379, 15.6693)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBD53 #5372DC

analogous

#DC7853 #DCBD53 #B7DC53

triadic

#DCBD53 #53DCBD #BD53DC

tetradic

#DCBD53 #53DC78 #5372DC #DC53B7

square

#DCBD53 #53DC78 #5372DC #DC53B7

split-complementary

#DCBD53 #53B7DC #7853DC

monochromatic

#967B1F #C9A529 #DCBD53 #E6D186 #F1E4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DCBD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#DCBD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBD53

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBD53	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 189, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.129 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead087',
    500: '#dcbd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbd53;
$custom-light: #ead087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8051,
    "c": 0.12916,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.52235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBD53

secondary

#394F9B

accent

#65E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBD53

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

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