#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
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -2.20, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 61.23, 92.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0114 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.138 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.1008, 52.5130, 13.6794)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##DCBE48	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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