#DCB944#DCB944

#DCB944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.138 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB944
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, 0.19, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 61.48, 89.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.005 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.138 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9101, 50.3337, 12.6596)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB944 #4467DC

analogous

#DC6D44 #DCB944 #B3DC44

triadic

#DCB944 #44DCB9 #B944DC

tetradic

#DCB944 #44DC6D #4467DC #DC44B3

square

#DCB944 #44DC6D #4467DC #DC44B3

split-complementary

#DCB944 #44B3DC #6D44DC

monochromatic

#8B711A #BF9B24 #DCB944 #E6CC78 #EFE0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DCB944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#DCB944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB944

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB944	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.138 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd7e',
    500: '#dcb944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb944;
$custom-light: #ebcd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.184,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79563,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB944

secondary

#334991

accent

#65EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB944

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

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