#DCBD59#DCBD59

#DCBD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.124 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBD59
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -0.61, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 53.60, 90.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0048 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.124 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.5182, 52.3346, 16.9426)
Luminance	0.5233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBD59 #5978DC

analogous

#DC7C59 #DCBD59 #B9DC59

triadic

#DCBD59 #59DCBD #BD59DC

tetradic

#DCBD59 #59DC7C #5978DC #DC59B9

square

#DCBD59 #59DC7C #5978DC #DC59B9

split-complementary

#DCBD59 #59B9DC #7C59DC

monochromatic

#9A7D20 #CDA62B #DCBD59 #E7D18C #F1E5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DCBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#DCBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBD59

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBD59	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.124 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead08b',
    500: '#dcbd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbd59;
$custom-light: #ead08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.802,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80574,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBD59

secondary

#3B539E

accent

#43CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBD59

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

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