#DCB22D#DCB22D

#DCB22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.147 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB22D
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 79.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, 2.88, 68.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 68.12, 87.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78% 0.0003 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.147 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9121, 47.2489, 9.1839)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB22D #2D57DC

analogous

#DC5B2D #DCB22D #AFDC2D

triadic

#DCB22D #2DDCB2 #B22DDC

tetradic

#DCB22D #2DDC5B #2D57DC #DC2DAF

square

#DCB22D #2DDC5B #2D57DC #DC2DAF

split-complementary

#DCB22D #2DAFDC #5B2DDC

monochromatic

#7A6214 #AF8C1D #DCB22D #E5C561 #EDD896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DCB22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#DCB22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB22D

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB22D	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B00B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.147 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc871',
    500: '#dcb22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb22d;
$custom-light: #ecc871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77999,
    "c": 0.14726,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB22D

secondary

#8C9ED9

accent

#65EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171308

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB22D

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

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