#DCB941#DCB941

#DCB941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.140 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB941
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, 0.04, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 62.66, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0057 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.14 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8208, 50.2980, 12.1897)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB941 #4164DC

analogous

#DC6B41 #DCB941 #B1DC41

triadic

#DCB941 #41DCB9 #B941DC

tetradic

#DCB941 #41DC6B #4164DC #DC41B1

square

#DCB941 #41DC6B #4164DC #DC41B1

split-complementary

#DCB941 #41B1DC #6B41DC

monochromatic

#897019 #BD9A23 #DCB941 #E6CC75 #EFDFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DCB941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#DCB941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB941

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB941	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)

#CDB630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.140 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd7c',
    500: '#dcb941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb941;
$custom-light: #ebcd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79538,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB941

secondary

#32478F

accent

#64EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB941

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

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