#DCBE56#DCBE56

#DCBE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.127 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE56
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -1.34, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 55.25, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0072 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.127 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6106, 52.7170, 16.3646)
Luminance	0.5271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE56 #5674DC

analogous

#DC7B56 #DCBE56 #B7DC56

triadic

#DCBE56 #56DCBE #BE56DC

tetradic

#DCBE56 #56DC7B #5674DC #DC56B7

square

#DCBE56 #56DC7B #5674DC #DC56B7

split-complementary

#DCBE56 #56B7DC #7B56DC

monochromatic

#987D20 #CBA72A #DCBE56 #E6D189 #F1E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DCBE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#DCBE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE56

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE56	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)

#D0BB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.127 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead189',
    500: '#dcbe56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe56;
$custom-light: #ead189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80744,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE56

secondary

#3A509C

accent

#65E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE56

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

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