#DCBD57#DCBD57

#DCBD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.126 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBD57
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -0.75, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 54.50, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0054 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.126 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4353, 52.3015, 16.5063)
Luminance	0.5230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBD57 #5776DC

analogous

#DC7A57 #DCBD57 #B8DC57

triadic

#DCBD57 #57DCBD #BD57DC

tetradic

#DCBD57 #57DC7A #5776DC #DC57B8

square

#DCBD57 #57DC7A #5776DC #DC57B8

split-complementary

#DCBD57 #57B8DC #7A57DC

monochromatic

#997D20 #CBA62A #DCBD57 #E7D18A #F1E5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DCBD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#DCBD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBD57

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBD57	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)

#CFBA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.126 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead08a',
    500: '#dcbd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbd57;
$custom-light: #ead08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80552,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBD57

secondary

#3A519D

accent

#42CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBD57

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

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