#DCBE49#DCBE49

#DCBE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.138 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE49
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -2.14, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 60.82, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0111 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.138 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1336, 52.5262, 13.8526)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE49 #4967DC

analogous

#DC7449 #DCBE49 #B1DC49

triadic

#DCBE49 #49DCBE #BE49DC

tetradic

#DCBE49 #49DC74 #4967DC #DC49B1

square

#DCBE49 #49DC74 #4967DC #DC49B1

split-complementary

#DCBE49 #49B1DC #7449DC

monochromatic

#8F771C #C2A225 #DCBE49 #E6D07C #F0E3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DCBE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#DCBE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE49

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE49	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)

#D1BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.138 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead181',
    500: '#dcbe49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe49;
$custom-light: #ead181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80618,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE49

secondary

#354894

accent

#61EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE49

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

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