#DCA16C#DCA16C

#DCA16C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.099 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA16C
RGB	rgb(220, 161, 108)
HSL	hsl(28, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 50.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 15.79, 36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 39.37, 66.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% 0.0457 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.099 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9691, 41.7912, 19.8825)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA16C #6CA7DC

analogous

#DC6C6F #DCA16C #DCD96C

triadic

#DCA16C #6CDCA1 #A16CDC

tetradic

#DCA16C #6FDC6C #6CA7DC #D96CDC

square

#DCA16C #6FDC6C #6CA7DC #D96CDC

split-complementary

#DCA16C #6CDCD9 #6C6FDC

monochromatic

#A66328 #D0813B #DCA16C #E8C19D #F4E0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DCA16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#DCA16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA16C

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA16C	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 161, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.099 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabc97',
    500: '#dca16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca16c;
$custom-light: #eabc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.393,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75351,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA16C

secondary

#BED3E5

accent

#77C91C

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120D

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA16C

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

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