#DCA045#DCA045

#DCA045 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.128 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA045
RGB	rgb(220, 160, 69)
HSL	hsl(36, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 13.51, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 56.18, 76.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0338 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.128 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1630, 40.7903, 11.2291)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA045 #4581DC

analogous

#DC5545 #DCA045 #CDDC45

triadic

#DCA045 #45DCA0 #A045DC

tetradic

#DCA045 #45DC55 #4581DC #DC45CD

square

#DCA045 #45DC55 #4581DC #DC45CD

split-complementary

#DCA045 #45CDDC #5545DC

monochromatic

#8C5F1A #C08224 #DCA045 #E6BA79 #EFD5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DCA045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#DCA045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA045

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA045	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 160, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.128 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbc7d',
    500: '#dca045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca045;
$custom-light: #ebbc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.159,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7466,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA045

secondary

#A0B8DD

accent

#82EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA045

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

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