#DCBE5B#DCBE5B

#DCBE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.123 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE5B
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, -0.99, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 53.00, 91.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0056 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.123 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8191, 52.8004, 17.4629)
Luminance	0.5280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE5B #5B79DC

analogous

#DC7D5B #DCBE5B #B9DC5B

triadic

#DCBE5B #5BDCBE #BE5BDC

tetradic

#DCBE5B #5BDC7D #5B79DC #DC5BB9

square

#DCBE5B #5BDC7D #5B79DC #DC5BB9

split-complementary

#DCBE5B #5BB9DC #7D5BDC

monochromatic

#9B7F21 #CEA82C #DCBE5B #E7D28D #F2E6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DCBE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#DCBE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE5B

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE5B	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.123 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead18c',
    500: '#dcbe5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe5b;
$custom-light: #ead18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80799,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE5B

secondary

#3C539F

accent

#43CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE5B

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

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