#DCBD5B#DCBD5B

#DCBD5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.122 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBD5B
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -0.46, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 52.70, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0041 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.122 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.6033, 52.3687, 17.3909)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBD5B #5B7ADC

analogous

#DC7C5B #DCBD5B #BBDC5B

triadic

#DCBD5B #5BDCBD #BD5BDC

tetradic

#DCBD5B #5BDC7C #5B7ADC #DC5BBB

square

#DCBD5B #5BDC7C #5B7ADC #DC5BBB

split-complementary

#DCBD5B #5BBBDC #7C5BDC

monochromatic

#9B7E21 #CEA72C #DCBD5B #E7D18D #F2E6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DCBD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#DCBD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBD5B

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBD5B	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)

#CFBA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 189, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.122 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead08c',
    500: '#dcbd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbd5b;
$custom-light: #ead08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.581,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80597,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBD5B

secondary

#3C549F

accent

#44CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBD5B

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

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