#DCB943#DCB943

#DCB943 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.138 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB943
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, 0.14, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 61.88, 89.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0052 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.138 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8798, 50.3216, 12.5002)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB943 #4366DC

analogous

#DC6D43 #DCB943 #B2DC43

triadic

#DCB943 #43DCB9 #B943DC

tetradic

#DCB943 #43DC6D #4366DC #DC43B2

square

#DCB943 #43DC6D #4366DC #DC43B2

split-complementary

#DCB943 #43B2DC #6D43DC

monochromatic

#8B711A #BE9B23 #DCB943 #E6CC77 #EFDFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DCB943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#DCB943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB943

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB943	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)

#CDB633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.138 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd7e',
    500: '#dcb943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb943;
$custom-light: #ebcd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.275,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79554,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB943

secondary

#334890

accent

#64EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB943

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

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