#DCBE55#DCBE55

#DCBE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.128 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE55
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, -1.40, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 55.69, 91.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.0075 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.128 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5706, 52.7010, 16.1538)
Luminance	0.5270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE55 #5573DC

analogous

#DC7B55 #DCBE55 #B6DC55

triadic

#DCBE55 #55DCBE #BE55DC

tetradic

#DCBE55 #55DC7B #5573DC #DC55B6

square

#DCBE55 #55DC7B #5573DC #DC55B6

split-complementary

#DCBE55 #55B6DC #7B55DC

monochromatic

#977D1F #CAA62A #DCBE55 #E6D188 #F1E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DCBE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#DCBE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE55

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE55	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.128 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead189',
    500: '#dcbe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe55;
$custom-light: #ead189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80733,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE55

secondary

#394F9C

accent

#65E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE55

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

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