#DCB846#DCB846

#DCB846 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.136 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB846
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 68.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, 0.82, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 60.41, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0029 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.136 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7637, 49.9416, 12.9171)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB846 #466ADC

analogous

#DC6D46 #DCB846 #B5DC46

triadic

#DCB846 #46DCB8 #B846DC

tetradic

#DCB846 #46DC6D #466ADC #DC46B5

square

#DCB846 #46DC6D #466ADC #DC46B5

split-complementary

#DCB846 #46B5DC #6D46DC

monochromatic

#8D721B #C09B24 #DCB846 #E6CC79 #EFE0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DCB846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#DCB846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB846

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB846	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.136 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd7f',
    500: '#dcb846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb846;
$custom-light: #ebcd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79378,
    "c": 0.13581,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB846

secondary

#A0AFDD

accent

#67EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB846

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

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