#DCB231#DCB231

#DCB231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.145 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB231
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 77.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, 3.02, 66.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 66.83, 87.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% 0.0011 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.145 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9928, 47.2812, 9.6089)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB231 #315BDC

analogous

#DC5C31 #DCB231 #B1DC31

triadic

#DCB231 #31DCB2 #B231DC

tetradic

#DCB231 #31DC5C #315BDC #DC31B1

square

#DCB231 #31DC5C #315BDC #DC31B1

split-complementary

#DCB231 #31B1DC #5C31DC

monochromatic

#7D6415 #B28D1E #DCB231 #E5C665 #EED99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DCB231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#DCB231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB231

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB231	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.145 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc873',
    500: '#dcb231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb231;
$custom-light: #ecc873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 70.954,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78022,
    "c": 0.1453,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB231

secondary

#8FA2D9

accent

#66EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB231

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

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