#DCA149#DCA149

#DCA149 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.125 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA149
RGB	rgb(220, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 13.20, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 54.63, 76.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% 0.0334 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.125 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4654, 41.1898, 11.9632)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA149 #4984DC

analogous

#DC5749 #DCA149 #CEDC49

triadic

#DCA149 #49DCA1 #A149DC

tetradic

#DCA149 #49DC57 #4984DC #DC49CE

square

#DCA149 #49DC57 #4984DC #DC49CE

split-complementary

#DCA149 #49CEDC #5749DC

monochromatic

#8F611C #C28325 #DCA149 #E6BC7C #F0D6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#DCA149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#DCA149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA149

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA149	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.125 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbc7f',
    500: '#dca149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca149;
$custom-light: #ebbc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.918,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7489,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA149

secondary

#A3BBDE

accent

#83EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA149

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

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