#DCA16D#DCA16D

#DCA16D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.098 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA16D
RGB	rgb(220, 161, 109)
HSL	hsl(28, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 15.88, 35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 38.94, 65.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0461 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.098 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0226, 41.8126, 20.1644)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA16D #6DA8DC

analogous

#DC6D71 #DCA16D #DCD96D

triadic

#DCA16D #6DDCA1 #A16DDC

tetradic

#DCA16D #71DC6D #6DA8DC #D96DDC

square

#DCA16D #71DC6D #6DA8DC #D96DDC

split-complementary

#DCA16D #6DDCD9 #6D71DC

monochromatic

#A76328 #D0813C #DCA16D #E8C19E #F4E1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DCA16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#DCA16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA16D

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA16D	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)

#B3A569

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 161, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.098 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabc97',
    500: '#dca16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca16d;
$custom-light: #eabc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.108,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75368,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA16D

secondary

#BFD4E6

accent

#78C91C

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120D

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA16D

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

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