#DCA172#DCA172

#DCA172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.094 H 59.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA172
RGB	rgb(220, 161, 114)
HSL	hsl(27, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, 16.34, 33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 36.83, 63.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% 0.048 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.094 59.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2995, 41.9234, 21.6224)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA172 #72ADDC

analogous

#DC7278 #DCA172 #DCD672

triadic

#DCA172 #72DCA1 #A172DC

tetradic

#DCA172 #78DC72 #72ADDC #D672DC

square

#DCA172 #78DC72 #72ADDC #D672DC

split-complementary

#DCA172 #72DCD6 #7278DC

monochromatic

#AA632A #D08041 #DCA172 #E8C2A3 #F4E2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DCA172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#DCA172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA172

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA172	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B373

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 161, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.094 59.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bd9b',
    500: '#dca172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca172;
$custom-light: #e9bd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.604,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75452,
    "c": 0.09389,
    "h": 59.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA172

secondary

#C3D7E7

accent

#7CC81E

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA172

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

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