#DCB53F#DCB53F

#DCB53F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.139 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB53F
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 63)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 71.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, 2.04, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 62.45, 88.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0002 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.139 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9389, 48.6252, 11.6149)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB53F #3F66DC

analogous

#DC673F #DCB53F #B4DC3F

triadic

#DCB53F #3FDCB5 #B53FDC

tetradic

#DCB53F #3FDC67 #3F66DC #DC3FB4

square

#DCB53F #3FDC67 #3F66DC #DC3FB4

split-complementary

#DCB53F #3FB4DC #673FDC

monochromatic

#886C19 #BC9522 #DCB53F #E5C973 #EFDDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DCB53F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#DCB53F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB53F

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB53F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB53F	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb53f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.139 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca7b',
    500: '#dcb53f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb53f;
$custom-light: #ebca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb53f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.096,
    "s": 69.163,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78718,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB53F

secondary

#9BABDC

accent

#68EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB53F

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

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