#DCB740#DCB740

#DCB740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.139 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB740
RGB	rgb(220, 183, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, 1.04, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 62.55, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.003 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.139 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3767, 49.4556, 11.9000)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB740 #4065DC

analogous

#DC6940 #DCB740 #B3DC40

triadic

#DCB740 #40DCB7 #B740DC

tetradic

#DCB740 #40DC69 #4065DC #DC40B3

square

#DCB740 #40DC69 #4065DC #DC40B3

split-complementary

#DCB740 #40B3DC #6940DC

monochromatic

#896E19 #BC9823 #DCB740 #E5CA74 #EFDEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DCB740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#DCB740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB740

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB740	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 183, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.139 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcc7c',
    500: '#dcb740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb740;
$custom-light: #ebcc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.769,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79127,
    "c": 0.13927,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB740

secondary

#9BABDC

accent

#66EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB740

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

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