#DCBD56#DCBD56

#DCBD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.127 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBD56
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -0.81, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 54.95, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0057 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.127 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3947, 52.2853, 16.2926)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBD56 #5675DC

analogous

#DC7A56 #DCBD56 #B8DC56

triadic

#DCBD56 #56DCBD #BD56DC

tetradic

#DCBD56 #56DC7A #5675DC #DC56B8

square

#DCBD56 #56DC7A #5675DC #DC56B8

split-complementary

#DCBD56 #56B8DC #7A56DC

monochromatic

#987C20 #CBA62A #DCBD56 #E6D189 #F1E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DCBD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#DCBD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBD56

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBD56	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.127 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead089',
    500: '#dcbd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbd56;
$custom-light: #ead089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80541,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBD56

secondary

#3A519C

accent

#66E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBD56

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

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