#DCA050#DCA050

#DCA050 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.120 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA050
RGB	rgb(220, 160, 80)
HSL	hsl(34, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, 14.16, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 51.51, 74.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% 0.0372 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.12 72)
XYZ	xyz(43.5367, 40.9398, 13.1970)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA050 #508CDC

analogous

#DC5A50 #DCA050 #D2DC50

triadic

#DCA050 #50DCA0 #A050DC

tetradic

#DCA050 #50DC5A #508CDC #DC50D2

square

#DCA050 #50DC5A #508CDC #DC50D2

split-complementary

#DCA050 #50D2DC #5A50DC

monochromatic

#94611E #C78328 #DCA050 #E6BC83 #F0D7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DCA050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#DCA050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA050

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA050	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 160, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.120 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbc84',
    500: '#dca050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca050;
$custom-light: #ebbc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74775,
    "c": 0.12007,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.40936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA050

secondary

#A8C0DF

accent

#88EA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA050

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

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