#DCBE5D#DCBE5D

#DCBE5D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.121 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE5D
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 93)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -0.84, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 52.08, 90.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.005 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.121 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.9066, 52.8354, 17.9233)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE5D #5D7BDC

analogous

#DC7F5D #DCBE5D #BBDC5D

triadic

#DCBE5D #5DDCBE #BE5DDC

tetradic

#DCBE5D #5DDC7F #5D7BDC #DC5DBB

square

#DCBE5D #5DDC7F #5D7BDC #DC5DBB

split-complementary

#DCBE5D #5DBBDC #7F5DDC

monochromatic

#9D8022 #CFA92D #DCBE5D #E7D28F #F2E6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DCBE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#DCBE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE5D

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE5D	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.121 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead18e',
    500: '#dcbe5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe5d;
$custom-light: #ead18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80822,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE5D

secondary

#3D54A1

accent

#44CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE5D

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

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