#DCA049#DCA049

#DCA049 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.125 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA049
RGB	rgb(220, 160, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 13.73, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 54.51, 75.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% 0.035 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.125 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2914, 40.8417, 11.9052)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA049 #4985DC

analogous

#DC5649 #DCA049 #CFDC49

triadic

#DCA049 #49DCA0 #A049DC

tetradic

#DCA049 #49DC56 #4985DC #DC49CF

square

#DCA049 #49DC56 #4985DC #DC49CF

split-complementary

#DCA049 #49CFDC #5649DC

monochromatic

#8F601C #C28225 #DCA049 #E6BB7C #F0D6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DCA049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#DCA049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA049

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA049	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 160, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.125 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbc7f',
    500: '#dca049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca049;
$custom-light: #ebbc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.51,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74699,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA049

secondary

#A3BBDE

accent

#84EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA049

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

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