#DCB847#DCB847

#DCB847 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.135 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB847
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 71)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 67.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, 0.88, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 60.00, 89.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0026 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.135 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.7955, 49.9543, 13.0847)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB847 #476BDC

analogous

#DC6D47 #DCB847 #B6DC47

triadic

#DCB847 #47DCB8 #B847DC

tetradic

#DCB847 #47DC6D #476BDC #DC47B6

square

#DCB847 #47DC6D #476BDC #DC47B6

split-complementary

#DCB847 #47B6DC #6D47DC

monochromatic

#8E721B #C19B25 #DCB847 #E6CC7A #F0E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DCB847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#DCB847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB847

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB847	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)

#CCB639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.135 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd80',
    500: '#dcb847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb847;
$custom-light: #ebcd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.503,
    "s": 68.037,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79387,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB847

secondary

#A1B0DE

accent

#67EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB847

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

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