#DCBE61#DCBE61

#DCBE61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.118 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE61
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -0.53, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 50.23, 90.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0036 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.118 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0884, 52.9081, 18.8809)
Luminance	0.5291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE61 #617FDC

analogous

#DC8161 #DCBE61 #BDDC61

triadic

#DCBE61 #61DCBE #BE61DC

tetradic

#DCBE61 #61DC81 #617FDC #DC61BD

square

#DCBE61 #61DC81 #617FDC #DC61BD

split-complementary

#DCBE61 #61BDDC #8161DC

monochromatic

#9F8123 #D1A92F #DCBE61 #E7D393 #F2E7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DCBE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#DCBE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE61

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE61	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.118 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d190',
    500: '#dcbe61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe61;
$custom-light: #e9d190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8087,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE61

secondary

#3E57A3

accent

#45CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE61

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

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