#DCBE4A#DCBE4A

#DCBE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.137 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE4A
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 66.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -2.08, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 60.41, 91.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0108 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.137 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.1671, 52.5396, 14.0286)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE4A #4A68DC

analogous

#DC754A #DCBE4A #B1DC4A

triadic

#DCBE4A #4ADCBE #BE4ADC

tetradic

#DCBE4A #4ADC75 #4A68DC #DC4AB1

square

#DCBE4A #4ADC75 #4A68DC #DC4AB1

split-complementary

#DCBE4A #4AB1DC #754ADC

monochromatic

#90781C #C3A326 #DCBE4A #E6D07D #F0E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DCBE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#DCBE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE4A

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE4A	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.137 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead182',
    500: '#dcbe4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe4a;
$custom-light: #ead182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80627,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE4A

secondary

#354995

accent

#61EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE4A

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

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