#DCBE51#DCBE51

#DCBE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.131 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE51
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -1.66, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 57.44, 91.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0088 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.131 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.4162, 52.6392, 15.3405)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE51 #516FDC

analogous

#DC7951 #DCBE51 #B5DC51

triadic

#DCBE51 #51DCBE #BE51DC

tetradic

#DCBE51 #51DC79 #516FDC #DC51B5

square

#DCBE51 #51DC79 #516FDC #DC51B5

split-complementary

#DCBE51 #51B5DC #7951DC

monochromatic

#957B1E #C8A528 #DCBE51 #E6D184 #F0E4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DCBE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#DCBE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE51

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE51	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.131 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead186',
    500: '#dcbe51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe51;
$custom-light: #ead186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80693,
    "c": 0.13144,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE51

secondary

#384D99

accent

#63E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE51

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

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