#DCB844#DCB844

#DCB844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.137 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB844
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, 0.72, 61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 61.22, 89.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0035 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.137 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7016, 49.9168, 12.5901)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB844 #4468DC

analogous

#DC6C44 #DCB844 #B4DC44

triadic

#DCB844 #44DCB8 #B844DC

tetradic

#DCB844 #44DC6C #4468DC #DC44B4

square

#DCB844 #44DC6C #4468DC #DC44B4

split-complementary

#DCB844 #44B4DC #6C44DC

monochromatic

#8B711A #BF9A24 #DCB844 #E6CC78 #EFDFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DCB844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#DCB844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB844

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB844	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)

#CCB535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.137 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd7e',
    500: '#dcb844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb844;
$custom-light: #ebcd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79361,
    "c": 0.13719,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB844

secondary

#9FADDD

accent

#66EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB844

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

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