#DCBF48#DCBF48

#DCBF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.139 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBF48
RGB	rgb(220, 191, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -2.72, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 61.52, 92.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0128 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.139 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.3181, 52.9477, 13.7518)
Luminance	0.5294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBF48 #4865DC

analogous

#DC7548 #DCBF48 #AFDC48

triadic

#DCBF48 #48DCBF #BF48DC

tetradic

#DCBF48 #48DC75 #4865DC #DC48AF

square

#DCBF48 #48DC75 #4865DC #DC48AF

split-complementary

#DCBF48 #48AFDC #7548DC

monochromatic

#8E781B #C2A325 #DCBF48 #E6D17B #F0E3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DCBF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#DCBF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBF48

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBF48	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbf48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 191, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.139 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd281',
    500: '#dcbf48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbf48;
$custom-light: #ebd281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbf48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.243,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80813,
    "c": 0.13893,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBF48

secondary

#354794

accent

#5FEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBF48

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

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