#DCB744#DCB744

#DCB744 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.137 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB744
RGB	rgb(220, 183, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, 1.24, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 60.97, 88.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.002 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.137 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4946, 49.5028, 12.5211)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB744 #4469DC

analogous

#DC6B44 #DCB744 #B5DC44

triadic

#DCB744 #44DCB7 #B744DC

tetradic

#DCB744 #44DC6B #4469DC #DC44B5

square

#DCB744 #44DC6B #4469DC #DC44B5

split-complementary

#DCB744 #44B5DC #6B44DC

monochromatic

#8B701A #BF9924 #DCB744 #E6CB78 #EFDFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DCB744 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#DCB744 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB744

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB744	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB744	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)

#CBB535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb744;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 183, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.137 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcc7e',
    500: '#dcb744',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb744;
$custom-light: #ebcc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb744",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.395,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7916,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB744

secondary

#9FAEDD

accent

#67EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB744

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

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