#DCBD55#DCBD55

#DCBD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.128 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBD55
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -0.88, 55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 55.39, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.006 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.128 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3547, 52.2693, 16.0819)
Luminance	0.5227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBD55 #5574DC

analogous

#DC7955 #DCBD55 #B8DC55

triadic

#DCBD55 #55DCBD #BD55DC

tetradic

#DCBD55 #55DC79 #5574DC #DC55B8

square

#DCBD55 #55DC79 #5574DC #DC55B8

split-complementary

#DCBD55 #55B8DC #7955DC

monochromatic

#977C1F #CAA52A #DCBD55 #E6D188 #F1E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DCBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#DCBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBD55

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBD55	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)

#CFBA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.128 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead089',
    500: '#dcbd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbd55;
$custom-light: #ead089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80531,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBD55

secondary

#39509C

accent

#66E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBD55

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

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