#DCA041#DCA041

#DCA041 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.130 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA041
RGB	rgb(220, 160, 65)
HSL	hsl(37, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 13.30, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 57.82, 76.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% 0.0326 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.13 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0430, 40.7423, 10.5971)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA041 #417DDC

analogous

#DC5241 #DCA041 #CBDC41

triadic

#DCA041 #41DCA0 #A041DC

tetradic

#DCA041 #41DC52 #417DDC #DC41CB

square

#DCA041 #41DC52 #417DDC #DC41CB

split-complementary

#DCA041 #41CBDC #5241DC

monochromatic

#895E19 #BD8123 #DCA041 #E6BA75 #EFD4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#DCA041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#DCA041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA041

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA041	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 160, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.130 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbc7a',
    500: '#dca041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca041;
$custom-light: #ebbc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.774,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74622,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA041

secondary

#9CB5DD

accent

#80EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA041

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

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