#DCB940#DCB940

#DCB940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.140 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB940
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, -0.01, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 63.05, 90.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.006 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.14 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7921, 50.2865, 12.0385)
Luminance	0.5028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB940 #4063DC

analogous

#DC6B40 #DCB940 #B1DC40

triadic

#DCB940 #40DCB9 #B940DC

tetradic

#DCB940 #40DC6B #4063DC #DC40B1

square

#DCB940 #40DC6B #4063DC #DC40B1

split-complementary

#DCB940 #40B1DC #6B40DC

monochromatic

#897019 #BC9A23 #DCB940 #E5CC74 #EFDFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DCB940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#DCB940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB940

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB940	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.140 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd7c',
    500: '#dcb940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb940;
$custom-light: #ebcd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.538,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79531,
    "c": 0.14046,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB940

secondary

#32478F

accent

#63EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB940

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

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