#DCA048#DCA048

#DCA048 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.126 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA048
RGB	rgb(220, 160, 72)
HSL	hsl(36, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 13.68, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 54.93, 75.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% 0.0347 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.126 74)
XYZ	xyz(43.2585, 40.8285, 11.7320)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA048 #4884DC

analogous

#DC5648 #DCA048 #CEDC48

triadic

#DCA048 #48DCA0 #A048DC

tetradic

#DCA048 #48DC56 #4884DC #DC48CE

square

#DCA048 #48DC56 #4884DC #DC48CE

split-complementary

#DCA048 #48CEDC #5648DC

monochromatic

#8E601B #C28225 #DCA048 #E6BB7B #F0D5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DCA048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#DCA048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA048

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA048	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)

#B6A33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 160, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.126 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbc7f',
    500: '#dca048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca048;
$custom-light: #ebbc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.676,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74689,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.40825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA048

secondary

#A2BADE

accent

#83EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA048

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

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