#DCA159#DCA159

#DCA159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.113 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA159
RGB	rgb(220, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, 14.24, 45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 47.69, 72.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% 0.0387 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.113 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0658, 41.4299, 15.1251)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA159 #5994DC

analogous

#DC5F59 #DCA159 #D5DC59

triadic

#DCA159 #59DCA1 #A159DC

tetradic

#DCA159 #59DC5F #5994DC #DC59D5

square

#DCA159 #59DC5F #5994DC #DC59D5

split-complementary

#DCA159 #59D5DC #5F59DC

monochromatic

#9A6320 #CD842B #DCA159 #E7BE8C #F1DABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DCA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#DCA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA159

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA159	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.113 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabc8a',
    500: '#dca159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca159;
$custom-light: #eabc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.977,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75075,
    "c": 0.11341,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA159

secondary

#AFC6E1

accent

#6ACD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA159

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

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