#DCB945#DCB945

#DCB945 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.137 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB945
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, 0.24, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 61.08, 89.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0047 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.137 92)
XYZ	xyz(47.9408, 50.3460, 12.8217)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB945 #4568DC

analogous

#DC6E45 #DCB945 #B3DC45

triadic

#DCB945 #45DCB9 #B945DC

tetradic

#DCB945 #45DC6E #4568DC #DC45B3

square

#DCB945 #45DC6E #4568DC #DC45B3

split-complementary

#DCB945 #45B3DC #6E45DC

monochromatic

#8C721A #C09C24 #DCB945 #E6CC79 #EFE0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DCB945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#DCB945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB945

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB945	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)

#CDB636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.137 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd7f',
    500: '#dcb945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb945;
$custom-light: #ebcd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.093,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79571,
    "c": 0.13711,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.50343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB945

secondary

#334992

accent

#65EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB945

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

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