#DCB843#DCB843

#DCB843 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.138 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB843
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, 0.66, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 61.62, 89.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0037 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.138 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6713, 49.9047, 12.4307)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB843 #4367DC

analogous

#DC6C43 #DCB843 #B4DC43

triadic

#DCB843 #43DCB8 #B843DC

tetradic

#DCB843 #43DC6C #4367DC #DC43B4

square

#DCB843 #43DC6C #4367DC #DC43B4

split-complementary

#DCB843 #43B4DC #6C43DC

monochromatic

#8B701A #BE9A23 #DCB843 #E6CB77 #EFDFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DCB843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#DCB843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB843

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB843	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)

#CCB533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.138 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd7d',
    500: '#dcb843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb843;
$custom-light: #ebcd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79353,
    "c": 0.13787,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB843

secondary

#9EADDD

accent

#66EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB843

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

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