#DCA151#DCA151

#DCA151 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.119 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA151
RGB	rgb(220, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, 13.69, 49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 51.20, 74.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% 0.036 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.119 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7479, 41.3028, 13.4511)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA151 #518CDC

analogous

#DC5C51 #DCA151 #D2DC51

triadic

#DCA151 #51DCA1 #A151DC

tetradic

#DCA151 #51DC5C #518CDC #DC51D2

square

#DCA151 #51DC5C #518CDC #DC51D2

split-complementary

#DCA151 #51D2DC #5C51DC

monochromatic

#95621E #C88428 #DCA151 #E6BD84 #F0D8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#DCA151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#DCA151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA151

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA151	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.119 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbc84',
    500: '#dca151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca151;
$custom-light: #ebbc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.532,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74977,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA151

secondary

#A9C0E0

accent

#87E93E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA151

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

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