#DCBE52#DCBE52

#DCBE52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.131 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE52
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -1.60, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 57.01, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0085 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.131 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4539, 52.6543, 15.5394)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE52 #5270DC

analogous

#DC7952 #DCBE52 #B5DC52

triadic

#DCBE52 #52DCBE #BE52DC

tetradic

#DCBE52 #52DC79 #5270DC #DC52B5

square

#DCBE52 #52DC79 #5270DC #DC52B5

split-complementary

#DCBE52 #52B5DC #7952DC

monochromatic

#957B1E #C8A629 #DCBE52 #E6D185 #F1E4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DCBE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#DCBE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE52

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE52	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)

#D0BB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.131 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead187',
    500: '#dcbe52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe52;
$custom-light: #ead187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80703,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE52

secondary

#384E9A

accent

#64E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE52

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

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