#DCB748#DCB748

#DCB748 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.134 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB748
RGB	rgb(220, 183, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, 1.46, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 59.33, 88.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0009 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.134 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6209, 49.5533, 13.1861)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB748 #486DDC

analogous

#DC6D48 #DCB748 #B7DC48

triadic

#DCB748 #48DCB7 #B748DC

tetradic

#DCB748 #48DC6D #486DDC #DC48B7

square

#DCB748 #48DC6D #486DDC #DC48B7

split-complementary

#DCB748 #48B7DC #6D48DC

monochromatic

#8E721B #C29B25 #DCB748 #E6CB7B #F0DFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#DCB748 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#DCB748 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB748

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB748	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB748	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb748;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 183, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.134 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcc80',
    500: '#dcb748',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb748;
$custom-light: #ebcc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb748",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79194,
    "c": 0.1338,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB748

secondary

#A2B1DE

accent

#68EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB748

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

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