#DCA178#DCA178

#DCA178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.089 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA178
RGB	rgb(220, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(25, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(25, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, 16.94, 29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 34.38, 60.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% 0.0504 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.089 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6522, 42.0645, 23.4804)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA178 #78B3DC

analogous

#DC7881 #DCA178 #DCD378

triadic

#DCA178 #78DCA1 #A178DC

tetradic

#DCA178 #81DC78 #78B3DC #D378DC

square

#DCA178 #81DC78 #78B3DC #D378DC

split-complementary

#DCA178 #78DCD3 #7881DC

monochromatic

#AD612D #CF7F47 #DCA178 #E9C3A9 #F5E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#DCA178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#DCA178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA178

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA178	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.089 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bd9f',
    500: '#dca178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca178;
$custom-light: #e9bd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75559,
    "c": 0.08939,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA178

secondary

#C8DBE8

accent

#82C61F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA178

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

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