Information about #DCBC55 color

#DCBC55 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#DCBC55 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(220, 188, 85) — 86.3% red, 73.7% green, 33.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 13 / 53 / 14. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #DCBC55 reads as a strongly colored golden yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Lanzones (#E0BC5B). Slightly further away sit Golden Fleece (#E1BC5F) and Sunkissed (#E6B553).

In RGB terms — rgb(220, 188, 85) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 11.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #DCBC55 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#DCBC55 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#DCBC55 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#DCBC55 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#CBA529

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#987C1F

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#655214

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Black

#000000

#DCBC55 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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#CCB25B

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#BBA662

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#948D74

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Grey

#808080

#DCBC55 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#DC8755

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#DC555A

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#DC5590

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#DCBC55 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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#7A56DC
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#56B8DC
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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#DC7A56
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#BD56DC
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#75DC56
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#56DC7A
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#DC56B8
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Nearest named colors to #DCBC55

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Lanzones color link
Lanzones

#E0BC5B

Golden Fleece color link
Golden Fleece

#E1BC5F

Sunkissed color link
Sunkissed

#E6B553

Brilliant Amber color link
Brilliant Amber

#E7C251

Creme De Banane color link
Creme De Banane

#E0C161

Ipanema color link
Ipanema

#DCC64B

Dirty Mustard color link
Dirty Mustard

#E2B45F

Rob Roy color link
Rob Roy

#DDAD56

Tacha color link
Tacha

#D2B960

Equator color link
Equator

#DAB160

Starbell color link
Starbell

#EBC155

Brilliant Gamboge color link
Brilliant Gamboge

#E7AF51

#DCBC55 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DCBC55
  • RGB220, 188, 85
  • CMYK0, 13, 53, 14
  • CSSrgb(220, 188, 85)
  • HSL46°, 66%, 60%
  • HSL Precise45.778°, 65.854%, 59.804%
  • HSV46°, 61%, 86%
  • HSB46°, 61%, 86%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.863
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • GLSLvec3(0.863, 0.737, 0.333)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.863, 0.737, 0.333, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.863, 0.737, 0.333)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB86.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB33.3%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDDCBC55
  • DECIMAL ID14466133
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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