#DCB840#DCB840

#DCB840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.140 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB840
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, 0.51, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 62.80, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0045 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.14 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5837, 49.8696, 11.9690)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB840 #4064DC

analogous

#DC6A40 #DCB840 #B2DC40

triadic

#DCB840 #40DCB8 #B840DC

tetradic

#DCB840 #40DC6A #4064DC #DC40B2

square

#DCB840 #40DC6A #4064DC #DC40B2

split-complementary

#DCB840 #40B2DC #6A40DC

monochromatic

#896F19 #BC9923 #DCB840 #E5CB74 #EFDEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DCB840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#DCB840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB840

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB840	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)

#CCB52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.140 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcc7c',
    500: '#dcb840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb840;
$custom-light: #ebcc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79329,
    "c": 0.13985,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB840

secondary

#9BAADC

accent

#65EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB840

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

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