#DCBA4F#DCBA4F

#DCBA4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.130 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBA4F
RGB	rgb(220, 186, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, 0.30, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 57.17, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0034 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.13 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4878, 50.9006, 14.6665)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBA4F #4F71DC

analogous

#DC734F #DCBA4F #B7DC4F

triadic

#DCBA4F #4FDCBA #BA4FDC

tetradic

#DCBA4F #4FDC73 #4F71DC #DC4FB7

square

#DCBA4F #4FDC73 #4F71DC #DC4FB7

split-complementary

#DCBA4F #4FB7DC #734FDC

monochromatic

#93771D #C6A027 #DCBA4F #E6CE82 #F0E2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DCBA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#DCBA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBA4F

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBA4F	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcba4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 186, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.130 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eace85',
    500: '#dcba4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcba4f;
$custom-light: #eace85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcba4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79864,
    "c": 0.13037,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBA4F

secondary

#374F98

accent

#67EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBA4F

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

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