#DCA181#DCA181

#DCA181 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.083 H 49.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA181
RGB	rgb(220, 161, 129)
HSL	hsl(21, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(21, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 17.89, 25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 30.96, 54.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.054 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.083 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2243, 42.2933, 26.4934)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA181 #81BCDC

analogous

#DC818E #DCA181 #DCCE81

triadic

#DCA181 #81DCA1 #A181DC

tetradic

#DCA181 #8EDC81 #81BCDC #CE81DC

square

#DCA181 #8EDC81 #81BCDC #CE81DC

split-complementary

#DCA181 #81DCCE #818EDC

monochromatic

#B15E31 #CF7D51 #DCA181 #E9C5B1 #F7E8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#DCA181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#DCA181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA181

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA181	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A77F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 161, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.083 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bda5',
    500: '#dca181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca181;
$custom-light: #e9bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.099,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75733,
    "c": 0.08312,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA181

secondary

#CFE0EA

accent

#8BC421

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16120F

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA181

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →