#DCA051#DCA051

#DCA051 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.119 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA051
RGB	rgb(220, 160, 81)
HSL	hsl(34, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, 14.23, 49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 51.08, 73.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% 0.0375 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.119 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5739, 40.9547, 13.3931)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA051 #518DDC

analogous

#DC5B51 #DCA051 #D2DC51

triadic

#DCA051 #51DCA0 #A051DC

tetradic

#DCA051 #51DC5B #518DDC #DC51D2

square

#DCA051 #51DC5B #518DDC #DC51D2

split-complementary

#DCA051 #51D2DC #5B51DC

monochromatic

#95611E #C88328 #DCA051 #E6BC84 #F0D8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DCA051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#DCA051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA051

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA051	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)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 160, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.119 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbc84',
    500: '#dca051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca051;
$custom-light: #ebbc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.101,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74787,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA051

secondary

#A9C1E0

accent

#88E93E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA051

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

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