#DCBE59#DCBE59

#DCBE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.125 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE59
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -1.13, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 53.90, 91.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.0063 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.125 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.7340, 52.7663, 17.0145)
Luminance	0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE59 #5977DC

analogous

#DC7D59 #DCBE59 #B8DC59

triadic

#DCBE59 #59DCBE #BE59DC

tetradic

#DCBE59 #59DC7D #5977DC #DC59B8

square

#DCBE59 #59DC7D #5977DC #DC59B8

split-complementary

#DCBE59 #59B8DC #7D59DC

monochromatic

#9A7E20 #CDA82B #DCBE59 #E7D28C #F1E6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DCBE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#DCBE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE59

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE59	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)

#D0BB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.125 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead18b',
    500: '#dcbe59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe59;
$custom-light: #ead18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80777,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE59

secondary

#3B529E

accent

#42CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE59

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

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