#DCB741#DCB741

#DCB741 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.139 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB741
RGB	rgb(220, 183, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, 1.09, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 62.16, 89.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0027 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.139 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4054, 49.4671, 12.0512)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB741 #4166DC

analogous

#DC6941 #DCB741 #B4DC41

triadic

#DCB741 #41DCB7 #B741DC

tetradic

#DCB741 #41DC69 #4166DC #DC41B4

square

#DCB741 #41DC69 #4166DC #DC41B4

split-complementary

#DCB741 #41B4DC #6941DC

monochromatic

#896F19 #BD9823 #DCB741 #E6CB75 #EFDEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DCB741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#DCB741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB741

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB741	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)

#CBB530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 183, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.139 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcc7c',
    500: '#dcb741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb741;
$custom-light: #ebcc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.677,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79135,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB741

secondary

#9CACDD

accent

#66EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB741

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

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