#DCBF57#DCBF57

#DCBF57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.127 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBF57
RGB	rgb(220, 191, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -1.79, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 55.10, 91.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0084 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.127 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8685, 53.1679, 16.6507)
Luminance	0.5316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBF57 #5774DC

analogous

#DC7C57 #DCBF57 #B7DC57

triadic

#DCBF57 #57DCBF #BF57DC

tetradic

#DCBF57 #57DC7C #5774DC #DC57B7

square

#DCBF57 #57DC7C #5774DC #DC57B7

split-complementary

#DCBF57 #57B7DC #7C57DC

monochromatic

#997E20 #CBA82A #DCBF57 #E7D28A #F1E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DCBF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#DCBF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBF57

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBF57	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 191, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.127 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead28a',
    500: '#dcbf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbf57;
$custom-light: #ead28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80958,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBF57

secondary

#3A509D

accent

#40CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBF57

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

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