#DCA081#DCA081

#DCA081 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.084 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA081
RGB	rgb(220, 160, 129)
HSL	hsl(20, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(20, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, 18.43, 24.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 31.01, 53.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0556 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.084 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0503, 41.9452, 26.4354)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA081 #81BDDC

analogous

#DC818F #DCA081 #DCCE81

triadic

#DCA081 #81DCA0 #A081DC

tetradic

#DCA081 #8FDC81 #81BDDC #CE81DC

square

#DCA081 #8FDC81 #81BDDC #CE81DC

split-complementary

#DCA081 #81DCCE #818FDC

monochromatic

#B15D31 #CF7C51 #DCA081 #E9C4B1 #F7E8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DCA081 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#DCA081 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA081

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA081	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA081	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A67F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca081;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 160, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.084 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bca5',
    500: '#dca081',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca081;
$custom-light: #e9bca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca081",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.44,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75547,
    "c": 0.0836,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA081

secondary

#CFE1EA

accent

#8DC421

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16120F

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA081

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

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