#DCA16A#DCA16A
#DCA16A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.100 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #DCA16A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(220, 161, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 62%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 52%, 86%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 51.8%, 13.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.70, 15.61, 37.08) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.70, 40.23, 67.17°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.32% 0.0449 0.0895) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.32% 0.1 63.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.8639, 41.7491, 19.3283) |
| Luminance | 0.4175 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.97
Camel
#C19A6B
ΔE00 6.09
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.47
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.72
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.89
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 7.23
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#DCA16A #6AA5DC
analogous
#DC6A6C #DCA16A #DCDA6A
triadic
#DCA16A #6ADCA1 #A16ADC
tetradic
#DCA16A #6CDC6A #6AA5DC #DA6ADC
square
#DCA16A #6CDC6A #6AA5DC #DA6ADC
split-complementary
#DCA16A #6ADCDA #6A6CDC
monochromatic
#A56427 #D08238 #DCA16A #E8C09C #F3E0CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#DCA16A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.35
#DCA16A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #DCA16A
9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##DCA16A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##DCA16A | 1.00 | 2.25 | 9.35 | 9.35 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A566
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B26B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ED9493
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #dca16a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 161, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.100 63.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eabc95',
500: '#dca16a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #dca16a; $custom-light: #eabc95; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#dca16a",
"rgb": {
"r": 220,
"g": 161,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.947,
"s": 61.957,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75319,
"c": 0.1001,
"h": 63.3
},
"luminance": 0.41746
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#DCA16A
secondary
#BDD2E5
accent
#76CA1C
background
#FEFBF9
surface
#FDF6F2
border
#D5D0CC
text
#16120D
muted
#84817E