#DCBE44#DCBE44

#DCBE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.141 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE44
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -2.41, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 62.83, 92.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0124 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.141 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.9745, 52.4625, 13.0144)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE44 #4462DC

analogous

#DC7244 #DCBE44 #AEDC44

triadic

#DCBE44 #44DCBE #BE44DC

tetradic

#DCBE44 #44DC72 #4462DC #DC44AE

square

#DCBE44 #44DC72 #4462DC #DC44AE

split-complementary

#DCBE44 #44AEDC #7244DC

monochromatic

#8B751A #BFA024 #DCBE44 #E6D078 #EFE2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DCBE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#DCBE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE44

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE44	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)

#D1BA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.141 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd17f',
    500: '#dcbe44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe44;
$custom-light: #ebd17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.158,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80576,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE44

secondary

#334691

accent

#5FEB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE44

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

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