#DCBE5E#DCBE5E

#DCBE5E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.120 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE5E
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -0.76, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 51.62, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0046 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.12 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.9511, 52.8532, 18.1581)
Luminance	0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE5E #5E7CDC

analogous

#DC7F5E #DCBE5E #BBDC5E

triadic

#DCBE5E #5EDCBE #BE5EDC

tetradic

#DCBE5E #5EDC7F #5E7CDC #DC5EBB

square

#DCBE5E #5EDC7F #5E7CDC #DC5EBB

split-complementary

#DCBE5E #5EBBDC #7F5EDC

monochromatic

#9D8022 #D0A92D #DCBE5E #E7D290 #F2E7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DCBE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#DCBE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE5E

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE5E	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)

#D0BB55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.120 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead18e',
    500: '#dcbe5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe5e;
$custom-light: #ead18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80834,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE5E

secondary

#3D55A1

accent

#44CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE5E

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

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