#DCA179#DCA179

#DCA179 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.089 H 55.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA179
RGB	rgb(220, 161, 121)
HSL	hsl(24, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(24, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 17.04, 29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 33.98, 59.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.0508 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.089 55.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7132, 42.0889, 23.8017)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA179 #79B4DC

analogous

#DC7983 #DCA179 #DCD279

triadic

#DCA179 #79DCA1 #A179DC

tetradic

#DCA179 #83DC79 #79B4DC #D279DC

square

#DCA179 #83DC79 #79B4DC #D279DC

split-complementary

#DCA179 #79DCD2 #7983DC

monochromatic

#AD612D #CF7F48 #DCA179 #E9C3AA #F5E5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#DCA179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#DCA179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA179

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA179	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 161, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.089 55.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bda0',
    500: '#dca179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca179;
$custom-light: #e9bda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.242,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75578,
    "c": 0.08866,
    "h": 55.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA179

secondary

#C9DBE8

accent

#83C61F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA179

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

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