#DCA157#DCA157

#DCA157 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA157
RGB	rgb(220, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(33, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(33, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, 14.10, 46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 48.57, 73.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.038 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.115 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9830, 41.3968, 14.6888)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA157 #5792DC

analogous

#DC5E57 #DCA157 #D5DC57

triadic

#DCA157 #57DCA1 #A157DC

tetradic

#DCA157 #57DC5E #5792DC #DC57D5

square

#DCA157 #57DC5E #5792DC #DC57D5

split-complementary

#DCA157 #57D5DC #5E57DC

monochromatic

#996320 #CB842A #DCA157 #E7BD8A #F1DABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DCA157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#DCA157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA157

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA157	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabc88',
    500: '#dca157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca157;
$custom-light: #eabc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.383,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75049,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA157

secondary

#AEC5E1

accent

#69CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA157

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

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