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#DCDB46 — Yellow

#DCDB46 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color DarkKhaki (#BDB76B). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkkhaki (#BDB76B) — not an exact match. CSS darkkhaki gives you #BDB76B, a different color; use #DCDB46 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DCDB46 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #4747DC; it also sits naturally between #DC9147 and #91DC47. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DCDB46 · RGB 220, 219, 70

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Color values

HEX#DCDB46
RGB220, 219, 70
HSL60°, 68%, 57%
HSV60°, 68%, 86%
CMYK0%, 0%, 68%, 14%
XYZ55.95, 66.32, 15.65
Yxy66.32, 0.4057, 0.4809
CIE-Lab85.16, -16.99, 69.66
Hunter Lab81.44, -15.77, 42.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 86% · Blue 27%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 68% · Key 14%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #DCDB46 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DCDB46 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DCDB46

.text { color: #DCDB46; }
.background { background-color: #DCDB46; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DCDB46; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 219, 70); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 68%, 57%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DCDB46; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 219, 70, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DCDB46; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 219, 70, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DCDB46">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DCDB46">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DCDB46

#D8D831#C5C526#B0B021#9A9A1D#858519#6B6B14#565610#40400C#272707#111103

Tints of #DCDB46

#DFDF58#E2E269#E6E67A#E9E98B#ECEC9C#EFEFA9#F2F2BA#F5F5CC#F8F8DD#FCFCEE

Tones of #DCDB46

#D1D152#C7C75C#BCBC67#B1B172#A6A67D#9C9C86

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4747DC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.47:1 Fails
Against black text14.26:1 AAA

Best text color on #DCDB46: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DCDB46

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #DCDB46: ·

How #DCDB46 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #DCDC6ADeuteranopia · #DCDC73Tritanopia · #DC878D

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BTailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DCDB46 rather than the exact color:

Rustic Ruby Bloom
#C96A4D · #B27D25 · #D9DA42 · #5E861F
Palette 03256c
#03256C · #2541B2 · #1768AC · #E5D549
Crimson Ruby Twilight
#DDE87D · #D4E345 · #BFCF26 · #8D991E
Radiant Ruby Aurora
#25B6AF · #B126B9 · #DBD44F · #B9E8E8
Rustic Ruby Twilight
#178E9D · #E446D3 · #D3E444 · #BDE7EE
Silent Canyon
#E08B56 · #E5D93C · #A1E752 · #61E664

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#D9DA42#E5D549#D4E345#DBD44F#D3E444#E5D93C#D8D351#E4D03E#E2D050#D8D051#DBE156#E1E237

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DCDB45  ·  #DCDB47 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DCDB46?

#DCDB46 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 220, 219, 70). Its closest standard named color is DarkKhaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DCDB46?

#DCDB46 is RGB 220, 219, 70 — HSL 60°, 68%, 57% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 68%, 14%.

What colors go with #DCDB46?

Its complement is #4747DC; analogous partners are #DC9147 and #91DC47. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DCDB46 for text?

Black text on #DCDB46 has a contrast ratio of 14.26:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.47:1.