#DCA142#DCA142

#DCA142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.130 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA142
RGB	rgb(220, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, 12.81, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 57.54, 77.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0313 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.13 76)
XYZ	xyz(43.2463, 41.1021, 10.8090)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA142 #427DDC

analogous

#DC5442 #DCA142 #CADC42

triadic

#DCA142 #42DCA1 #A142DC

tetradic

#DCA142 #42DC54 #427DDC #DC42CA

square

#DCA142 #42DC54 #427DDC #DC42CA

split-complementary

#DCA142 #42CADC #5442DC

monochromatic

#8A5F1A #BE8223 #DCA142 #E6BB76 #EFD4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#DCA142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#DCA142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA142

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA142	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.130 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbc7b',
    500: '#dca142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca142;
$custom-light: #ebbc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.013,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74822,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.41099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA142

secondary

#9DB5DD

accent

#7FEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA142

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →