#DCBE57#DCBE57

#DCBE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.127 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE57
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -1.27, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 54.80, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0069 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.127 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6512, 52.7332, 16.5782)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE57 #5775DC

analogous

#DC7B57 #DCBE57 #B8DC57

triadic

#DCBE57 #57DCBE #BE57DC

tetradic

#DCBE57 #57DC7B #5775DC #DC57B8

square

#DCBE57 #57DC7B #5775DC #DC57B8

split-complementary

#DCBE57 #57B8DC #7B57DC

monochromatic

#997D20 #CBA72A #DCBE57 #E7D28A #F1E5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DCBE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#DCBE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE57

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE57	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.127 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead18a',
    500: '#dcbe57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe57;
$custom-light: #ead18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80755,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE57

secondary

#3A519D

accent

#41CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE57

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

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