#DCA16E#DCA16E

#DCA16E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.097 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA16E
RGB	rgb(220, 161, 110)
HSL	hsl(28, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 50%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, 15.97, 35.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 38.51, 65.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.0464 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.097 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0768, 41.8343, 20.4495)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA16E #6EA9DC

analogous

#DC6E72 #DCA16E #DCD86E

triadic

#DCA16E #6EDCA1 #A16EDC

tetradic

#DCA16E #72DC6E #6EA9DC #D86EDC

square

#DCA16E #72DC6E #6EA9DC #D86EDC

split-complementary

#DCA16E #6EDCD8 #6E72DC

monochromatic

#A76328 #D0813D #DCA16E #E8C19F #F4E1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DCA16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#DCA16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA16E

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA16E	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A56A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 161, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.097 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bc98',
    500: '#dca16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca16e;
$custom-light: #e9bc98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.818,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75384,
    "c": 0.09697,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA16E

secondary

#C0D4E6

accent

#79C91D

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA16E

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

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