#DCBF51#DCBF51

#DCBF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.132 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBF51
RGB	rgb(220, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -2.18, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 57.74, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0103 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.132 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6335, 53.0738, 15.4129)
Luminance	0.5307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBF51 #516EDC

analogous

#DC7A51 #DCBF51 #B4DC51

triadic

#DCBF51 #51DCBF #BF51DC

tetradic

#DCBF51 #51DC7A #516EDC #DC51B4

square

#DCBF51 #51DC7A #516EDC #DC51B4

split-complementary

#DCBF51 #51B4DC #7A51DC

monochromatic

#957C1E #C8A628 #DCBF51 #E6D284 #F0E4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DCBF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#DCBF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBF51

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBF51	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.132 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead286',
    500: '#dcbf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbf51;
$custom-light: #ead286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.482,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80896,
    "c": 0.13215,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBF51

secondary

#384C99

accent

#62E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBF51

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

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