#DCB641#DCB641

#DCB641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.138 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB641
RGB	rgb(220, 182, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, 1.61, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 61.91, 88.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0012 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.138 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1999, 49.0560, 11.9827)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB641 #4167DC

analogous

#DC6841 #DCB641 #B5DC41

triadic

#DCB641 #41DCB6 #B641DC

tetradic

#DCB641 #41DC68 #4167DC #DC41B5

square

#DCB641 #41DC68 #4167DC #DC41B5

split-complementary

#DCB641 #41B5DC #6841DC

monochromatic

#896E19 #BD9723 #DCB641 #E6CA75 #EFDEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DCB641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#DCB641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB641

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB641	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 182, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.138 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcb7c',
    500: '#dcb641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb641;
$custom-light: #ebcb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.29,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78934,
    "c": 0.13806,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB641

secondary

#9CACDD

accent

#67EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB641

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

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