#DCBF59#DCBF59

#DCBF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.126 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBF59
RGB	rgb(220, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -1.65, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 54.21, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0078 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.126 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9513, 53.2010, 17.0870)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBF59 #5976DC

analogous

#DC7E59 #DCBF59 #B7DC59

triadic

#DCBF59 #59DCBF #BF59DC

tetradic

#DCBF59 #59DC7E #5976DC #DC59B7

square

#DCBF59 #59DC7E #5976DC #DC59B7

split-complementary

#DCBF59 #59B7DC #7E59DC

monochromatic

#9A7F20 #CDA92B #DCBF59 #E7D28C #F1E6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DCBF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#DCBF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBF59

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBF59	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.126 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead28b',
    500: '#dcbf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbf59;
$custom-light: #ead28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80979,
    "c": 0.12556,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBF59

secondary

#3B519E

accent

#40CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBF59

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

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