#DCB742#DCB742

#DCB742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.138 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB742
RGB	rgb(220, 183, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, 1.14, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 61.76, 88.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0025 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.138 91)
XYZ	xyz(47.4346, 49.4788, 12.2051)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB742 #4267DC

analogous

#DC6A42 #DCB742 #B4DC42

triadic

#DCB742 #42DCB7 #B742DC

tetradic

#DCB742 #42DC6A #4267DC #DC42B4

square

#DCB742 #42DC6A #4267DC #DC42B4

split-complementary

#DCB742 #42B4DC #6A42DC

monochromatic

#8A6F1A #BE9923 #DCB742 #E6CB76 #EFDEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DCB742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#DCB742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB742

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB742	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 183, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.138 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcc7d',
    500: '#dcb742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb742;
$custom-light: #ebcc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.584,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79143,
    "c": 0.13796,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.49476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB742

secondary

#9DACDD

accent

#66EC3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB742

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

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