#DCB949#DCB949

#DCB949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.134 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB949
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, 0.46, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 59.44, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0036 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.134 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0692, 50.3973, 13.4978)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB949 #496CDC

analogous

#DC6F49 #DCB949 #B6DC49

triadic

#DCB949 #49DCB9 #B949DC

tetradic

#DCB949 #49DC6F #496CDC #DC49B6

square

#DCB949 #49DC6F #496CDC #DC49B6

split-complementary

#DCB949 #49B6DC #6F49DC

monochromatic

#8F741C #C29D25 #DCB949 #E6CD7C #F0E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DCB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#DCB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB949

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB949	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)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.134 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd81',
    500: '#dcb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb949;
$custom-light: #ebcd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79606,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB949

secondary

#354C94

accent

#66EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB949

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

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