#DCBE48#DCBE48

#DCBE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.138 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DCBE48
RGBrgb(220, 190, 72)
HSLhsl(48, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(48, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13.6%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.59, -2.20, 61.19)
CIE-LCHlch(77.59, 61.23, 92.06°)
OKLaboklab(80.61% -0.0114 0.1378)
OKLCHoklch(80.61% 0.138 94.7)
XYZxyz(49.1008, 52.5130, 13.6794)
Luminance0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DCBE48 #4866DC
analogous
#DC7448 #DCBE48 #B0DC48
triadic
#DCBE48 #48DCBE #BE48DC
tetradic
#DCBE48 #48DC74 #4866DC #DC48B0
square
#DCBE48 #48DC74 #4866DC #DC48B0
split-complementary
#DCBE48 #48B0DC #7448DC
monochromatic
#8E771B #C2A225 #DCBE48 #E6D07B #F0E2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#DCBE48 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50
#DCBE48 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE48
11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DCBE48#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DCBE481.001.8311.5011.50
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5021.001.001.00
##00000011.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA39
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C44E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EDB0A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #dcbe48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.138 94.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd181',
    500: '#dcbe48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #dcbe48;
$custom-light: #ebd181;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#dcbe48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8061,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DCBE48
secondary
#354894
accent
#60EB3D
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE48

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#DCBE48 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva