#DCBA42#DCBA42

#DCBA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.140 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBA42
RGB	rgb(220, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -0.43, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 62.53, 90.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.007 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.14 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0600, 50.7295, 12.4136)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBA42 #4264DC

analogous

#DC6D42 #DCBA42 #B1DC42

triadic

#DCBA42 #42DCBA #BA42DC

tetradic

#DCBA42 #42DC6D #4264DC #DC42B1

square

#DCBA42 #42DC6D #4264DC #DC42B1

split-complementary

#DCBA42 #42B1DC #6D42DC

monochromatic

#8A711A #BE9C23 #DCBA42 #E6CD76 #EFE0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DCBA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#DCBA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBA42

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBA42	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.140 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebce7d',
    500: '#dcba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcba42;
$custom-light: #ebce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.753,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79748,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBA42

secondary

#324790

accent

#63EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBA42

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

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