#DCA043#DCA043

#DCA043 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.129 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA043
RGB	rgb(220, 160, 67)
HSL	hsl(36, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 13.40, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 57.01, 76.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% 0.0332 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.129 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1020, 40.7659, 10.9076)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA043 #437FDC

analogous

#DC5443 #DCA043 #CBDC43

triadic

#DCA043 #43DCA0 #A043DC

tetradic

#DCA043 #43DC54 #437FDC #DC43CB

square

#DCA043 #43DC54 #437FDC #DC43CB

split-complementary

#DCA043 #43CBDC #5443DC

monochromatic

#8B5E1A #BE8223 #DCA043 #E6BA77 #EFD4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DCA043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#DCA043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA043

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA043	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#B6A338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 160, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.129 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbc7c',
    500: '#dca043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca043;
$custom-light: #ebbc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.471,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74641,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA043

secondary

#9EB7DD

accent

#81EB3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA043

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

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