#DCA057#DCA057

#DCA057 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.115 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA057
RGB	rgb(220, 160, 87)
HSL	hsl(33, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(33, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, 14.63, 46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 48.46, 72.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.0396 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.115 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8089, 41.0487, 14.6308)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA057 #5793DC

analogous

#DC5D57 #DCA057 #D6DC57

triadic

#DCA057 #57DCA0 #A057DC

tetradic

#DCA057 #57DC5D #5793DC #DC57D6

square

#DCA057 #57DC5D #5793DC #DC57D6

split-complementary

#DCA057 #57D6DC #5D57DC

monochromatic

#996220 #CB832A #DCA057 #E7BD8A #F1D9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#DCA057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#DCA057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA057

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA057	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 160, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.115 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbc88',
    500: '#dca057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca057;
$custom-light: #ebbc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.932,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74859,
    "c": 0.11489,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA057

secondary

#AEC5E1

accent

#6ACD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA057

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

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