#DCB83E#DCB83E

#DCB83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.141 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB83E
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 71.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, 0.42, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 63.56, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.005 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.141 92)
XYZ	xyz(47.5278, 49.8472, 11.6746)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB83E #3E62DC

analogous

#DC693E #DCB83E #B1DC3E

triadic

#DCB83E #3EDCB8 #B83EDC

tetradic

#DCB83E #3EDC69 #3E62DC #DC3EB1

square

#DCB83E #3EDC69 #3E62DC #DC3EB1

split-complementary

#DCB83E #3EB1DC #693EDC

monochromatic

#876E19 #BB9822 #DCB83E #E5CB72 #EFDEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DCB83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#DCB83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB83E

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB83E	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.141 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcc7b',
    500: '#dcb83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb83e;
$custom-light: #ebcc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.329,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79314,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.49844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB83E

secondary

#9AA9DC

accent

#64EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB83E

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

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