#DCBA48#DCBA48

#DCBA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.136 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBA48
RGB	rgb(220, 186, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -0.11, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 60.12, 90.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0054 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.136 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2463, 50.8040, 13.3946)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBA48 #486ADC

analogous

#DC7048 #DCBA48 #B4DC48

triadic

#DCBA48 #48DCBA #BA48DC

tetradic

#DCBA48 #48DC70 #486ADC #DC48B4

square

#DCBA48 #48DC70 #486ADC #DC48B4

split-complementary

#DCBA48 #48B4DC #7048DC

monochromatic

#8E741B #C29E25 #DCBA48 #E6CD7B #F0E1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DCBA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#DCBA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBA48

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBA48	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcba48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 186, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.136 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebce81',
    500: '#dcba48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcba48;
$custom-light: #ebce81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcba48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79799,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBA48

secondary

#354A94

accent

#65EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBA48

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

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