#DCB848#DCB848

#DCB848 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.134 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB848
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, 0.93, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 59.59, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0024 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.134 91)
XYZ	xyz(47.8279, 49.9673, 13.2551)
Luminance	0.4996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB848 #486CDC

analogous

#DC6E48 #DCB848 #B6DC48

triadic

#DCB848 #48DCB8 #B848DC

tetradic

#DCB848 #48DC6E #486CDC #DC48B6

square

#DCB848 #48DC6E #486CDC #DC48B6

split-complementary

#DCB848 #48B6DC #6E48DC

monochromatic

#8E721B #C29C25 #DCB848 #E6CC7B #F0E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DCB848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#DCB848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB848

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB848	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)

#CBB63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.134 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd80',
    500: '#dcb848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb848;
$custom-light: #ebcd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79395,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.49965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB848

secondary

#A2B1DE

accent

#67EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB848

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

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