#DCBE42#DCBE42

#DCBE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.142 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE42
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, -2.51, 63.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 63.61, 92.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0129 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.142 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9145, 52.4385, 12.6984)
Luminance	0.5244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE42 #4260DC

analogous

#DC7142 #DCBE42 #ADDC42

triadic

#DCBE42 #42DCBE #BE42DC

tetradic

#DCBE42 #42DC71 #4260DC #DC42AD

square

#DCBE42 #42DC71 #4260DC #DC42AD

split-complementary

#DCBE42 #42ADDC #7142DC

monochromatic

#8A741A #BEA023 #DCBE42 #E6D076 #EFE2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DCBE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#DCBE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE42

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE42	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.142 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd17d',
    500: '#dcbe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe42;
$custom-light: #ebd17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.312,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8056,
    "c": 0.14236,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE42

secondary

#324590

accent

#5EEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE42

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

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