#DCA046#DCA046

#DCA046 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.127 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA046
RGB	rgb(220, 160, 70)
HSL	hsl(36, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 68.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 13.56, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 55.77, 75.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% 0.0341 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.127 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.1943, 40.8028, 11.3939)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA046 #4682DC

analogous

#DC5546 #DCA046 #CDDC46

triadic

#DCA046 #46DCA0 #A046DC

tetradic

#DCA046 #46DC55 #4682DC #DC46CD

square

#DCA046 #46DC55 #4682DC #DC46CD

split-complementary

#DCA046 #46CDDC #5546DC

monochromatic

#8D5F1B #C08224 #DCA046 #E6BA79 #EFD5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DCA046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#DCA046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA046

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA046	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)

#B6A33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 160, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.127 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbc7d',
    500: '#dca046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca046;
$custom-light: #ebbc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74669,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA046

secondary

#A0B9DD

accent

#82EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA046

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

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