#DCB83C#DCB83C

#DCB83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.142 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB83C
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 60)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 72.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, 0.32, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 64.32, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0055 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.142 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4739, 49.8257, 11.3909)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB83C #3C60DC

analogous

#DC683C #DCB83C #B0DC3C

triadic

#DCB83C #3CDCB8 #B83CDC

tetradic

#DCB83C #3CDC68 #3C60DC #DC3CB0

square

#DCB83C #3CDC68 #3C60DC #DC3CB0

split-complementary

#DCB83C #3CB0DC #683CDC

monochromatic

#866D18 #BA9721 #DCB83C #E5CB70 #EFDEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#DCB83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#DCB83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB83C

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB83C	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.142 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcc7a',
    500: '#dcb83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb83c;
$custom-light: #ebcc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79299,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB83C

secondary

#98A7DC

accent

#63EC3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB83C

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

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