#DCB333#DCB333

#DCB333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.145 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB333
RGB	rgb(220, 179, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 76.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, 2.57, 66.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 66.37, 87.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% 0 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.145 90)
XYZ	xyz(46.2356, 47.6978, 9.9027)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB333 #335CDC

analogous

#DC5E33 #DCB333 #B0DC33

triadic

#DCB333 #33DCB3 #B333DC

tetradic

#DCB333 #33DC5E #335CDC #DC33B0

square

#DCB333 #33DC5E #335CDC #DC33B0

split-complementary

#DCB333 #33B0DC #5E33DC

monochromatic

#7F6516 #B38F1F #DCB333 #E5C667 #EEDA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DCB333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#DCB333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB333

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB333	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)

#C8B11A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 179, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.145 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc974',
    500: '#dcb333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb333;
$custom-light: #ecc974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.444,
    "s": 70.711,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78234,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.47695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB333

secondary

#91A3DA

accent

#66ED3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB333

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

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