#DCB841#DCB841

#DCB841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.139 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB841
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, 0.56, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 62.41, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0042 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.139 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6124, 49.8811, 12.1202)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB841 #4165DC

analogous

#DC6B41 #DCB841 #B2DC41

triadic

#DCB841 #41DCB8 #B841DC

tetradic

#DCB841 #41DC6B #4165DC #DC41B2

square

#DCB841 #41DC6B #4165DC #DC41B2

split-complementary

#DCB841 #41B2DC #6B41DC

monochromatic

#896F19 #BD9923 #DCB841 #E6CB75 #EFDFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DCB841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#DCB841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB841

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB841	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.139 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcc7c',
    500: '#dcb841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb841;
$custom-light: #ebcc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.065,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79337,
    "c": 0.1392,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB841

secondary

#9CABDD

accent

#65EC3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB841

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

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