#DCBE45#DCBE45

#DCBE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.140 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE45
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -2.36, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 62.44, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0122 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.14 95)
XYZ	xyz(49.0053, 52.4748, 13.1765)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE45 #4563DC

analogous

#DC7245 #DCBE45 #AFDC45

triadic

#DCBE45 #45DCBE #BE45DC

tetradic

#DCBE45 #45DC72 #4563DC #DC45AF

square

#DCBE45 #45DC72 #4563DC #DC45AF

split-complementary

#DCBE45 #45AFDC #7245DC

monochromatic

#8C761A #C0A124 #DCBE45 #E6D079 #EFE2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DCBE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#DCBE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE45

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE45	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)

#D1BA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.140 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd17f',
    500: '#dcbe45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe45;
$custom-light: #ebd17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.079,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80584,
    "c": 0.14034,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.52472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE45

secondary

#334692

accent

#5FEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE45

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →