#DCB22F#DCB22F

#DCB22F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.146 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB22F
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 47)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 78.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, 2.95, 67.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 67.49, 87.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% 0.0007 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.146 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9515, 47.2647, 9.3915)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB22F #2F59DC

analogous

#DC5C2F #DCB22F #AFDC2F

triadic

#DCB22F #2FDCB2 #B22FDC

tetradic

#DCB22F #2FDC5C #2F59DC #DC2FAF

square

#DCB22F #2FDC5C #2F59DC #DC2FAF

split-complementary

#DCB22F #2FAFDC #5C2FDC

monochromatic

#7C6315 #B08D1E #DCB22F #E5C563 #EED998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DCB22F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#DCB22F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB22F

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB22F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB22F	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)

#C7B011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb22f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.146 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc872',
    500: '#dcb22f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb22f;
$custom-light: #ecc872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb22f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.434,
    "s": 71.193,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7801,
    "c": 0.1463,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB22F

secondary

#8EA0D9

accent

#66EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB22F

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

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