#DCBB40#DCBB40

#DCBB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.142 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBB40
RGB	rgb(220, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -1.05, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 63.57, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.009 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.142 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2135, 51.1292, 12.1789)
Luminance	0.5113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBB40 #4061DC

analogous

#DC6D40 #DCBB40 #AFDC40

triadic

#DCBB40 #40DCBB #BB40DC

tetradic

#DCBB40 #40DC6D #4061DC #DC40AF

square

#DCBB40 #40DC6D #4061DC #DC40AF

split-complementary

#DCBB40 #40AFDC #6D40DC

monochromatic

#897119 #BC9C23 #DCBB40 #E5CD74 #EFE0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DCBB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#DCBB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBB40

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBB40	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.142 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf7c',
    500: '#dcbb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbb40;
$custom-light: #ebcf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.308,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79935,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBB40

secondary

#32458F

accent

#61EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBB40

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

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