#DCB83F#DCB83F

#DCB83F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.141 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB83F
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 63)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 71.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, 0.46, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 63.18, 89.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0048 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.141 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.5555, 49.8583, 11.8205)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB83F #3F63DC

analogous

#DC693F #DCB83F #B1DC3F

triadic

#DCB83F #3FDCB8 #B83FDC

tetradic

#DCB83F #3FDC69 #3F63DC #DC3FB1

square

#DCB83F #3FDC69 #3F63DC #DC3FB1

split-complementary

#DCB83F #3FB1DC #693FDC

monochromatic

#886E19 #BC9822 #DCB83F #E5CB73 #EFDEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DCB83F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#DCB83F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB83F

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB83F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB83F	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)

#CCB52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb83f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.141 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcc7b',
    500: '#dcb83f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb83f;
$custom-light: #ebcc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb83f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.242,
    "s": 69.163,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79321,
    "c": 0.1405,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB83F

secondary

#9BAADC

accent

#64EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB83F

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

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