#DCB643#DCB643

#DCB643 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.137 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB643
RGB	rgb(220, 182, 67)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, 1.71, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 61.12, 88.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0007 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.137 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2588, 49.0796, 12.2932)
Luminance	0.4908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB643 #4369DC

analogous

#DC6A43 #DCB643 #B6DC43

triadic

#DCB643 #43DCB6 #B643DC

tetradic

#DCB643 #43DC6A #4369DC #DC43B6

square

#DCB643 #43DC6A #4369DC #DC43B6

split-complementary

#DCB643 #43B6DC #6A43DC

monochromatic

#8B6F1A #BE9823 #DCB643 #E6CA77 #EFDEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DCB643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#DCB643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB643

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB643	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 182, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.137 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcb7d',
    500: '#dcb643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb643;
$custom-light: #ebcb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7895,
    "c": 0.13672,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB643

secondary

#9EAEDD

accent

#68EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB643

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

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