#DCB948#DCB948

#DCB948 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.135 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB948
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, 0.41, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 59.85, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0039 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.135 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0363, 50.3842, 13.3246)
Luminance	0.5038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB948 #486BDC

analogous

#DC6F48 #DCB948 #B5DC48

triadic

#DCB948 #48DCB9 #B948DC

tetradic

#DCB948 #48DC6F #486BDC #DC48B5

square

#DCB948 #48DC6F #486BDC #DC48B5

split-complementary

#DCB948 #48B5DC #6F48DC

monochromatic

#8E731B #C29D25 #DCB948 #E6CD7B #F0E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DCB948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#DCB948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB948

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB948	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.135 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd80',
    500: '#dcb948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb948;
$custom-light: #ebcd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.811,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79597,
    "c": 0.13499,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB948

secondary

#354B94

accent

#66EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB948

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

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