#DCB849#DCB849

#DCB849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.134 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB849
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, 0.99, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 59.18, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0021 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.134 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8608, 49.9804, 13.4283)
Luminance	0.4998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB849 #496DDC

analogous

#DC6E49 #DCB849 #B7DC49

triadic

#DCB849 #49DCB8 #B849DC

tetradic

#DCB849 #49DC6E #496DDC #DC49B7

square

#DCB849 #49DC6E #496DDC #DC49B7

split-complementary

#DCB849 #49B7DC #6E49DC

monochromatic

#8F731C #C29C25 #DCB849 #E6CC7C #F0E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DCB849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#DCB849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB849

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB849	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.134 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd81',
    500: '#dcb849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb849;
$custom-light: #ebcd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79404,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB849

secondary

#A3B1DE

accent

#68EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB849

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

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