#DCB331#DCB331

#DCB331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.146 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB331
RGB	rgb(220, 179, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 77.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, 2.49, 67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 67.04, 87.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0004 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.146 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.1924, 47.6806, 9.6754)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB331 #315ADC

analogous

#DC5D31 #DCB331 #AFDC31

triadic

#DCB331 #31DCB3 #B331DC

tetradic

#DCB331 #31DC5D #315ADC #DC31AF

square

#DCB331 #31DC5D #315ADC #DC31AF

split-complementary

#DCB331 #31AFDC #5D31DC

monochromatic

#7D6415 #B28E1E #DCB331 #E5C665 #EEDA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DCB331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#DCB331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB331

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB331	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 179, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.146 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc973',
    500: '#dcb331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb331;
$custom-light: #ecc973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.614,
    "s": 70.954,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78222,
    "c": 0.1458,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB331

secondary

#8FA1D9

accent

#65EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB331

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

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