#DCB539#DCB539

#DCB539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.142 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB539
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 74.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, 1.76, 64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 64.71, 88.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0017 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.142 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7803, 48.5617, 10.7795)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB539 #3960DC

analogous

#DC6439 #DCB539 #B2DC39

triadic

#DCB539 #39DCB5 #B539DC

tetradic

#DCB539 #39DC64 #3960DC #DC39B2

square

#DCB539 #39DC64 #3960DC #DC39B2

split-complementary

#DCB539 #39B2DC #6439DC

monochromatic

#836A17 #B79320 #DCB539 #E5C86D #EEDCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DCB539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#DCB539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB539

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB539	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.142 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca78',
    500: '#dcb539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb539;
$custom-light: #ebca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.644,
    "s": 69.957,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78674,
    "c": 0.14247,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB539

secondary

#96A6DB

accent

#66ED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB539

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

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