#DCA18A#DCA18A

#DCA18A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.078 H 42.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA18A
RGB	rgb(220, 161, 138)
HSL	hsl(17, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(17, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 37.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, 18.91, 20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 27.96, 47.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% 0.0576 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.078 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8491, 42.5432, 29.7839)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA18A #8AC5DC

analogous

#DC8A9C #DCA18A #DCCA8A

triadic

#DCA18A #8ADCA1 #A18ADC

tetradic

#DCA18A #9CDC8A #8AC5DC #CA8ADC

square

#DCA18A #9CDC8A #8AC5DC #CA8ADC

split-complementary

#DCA18A #8ADCCA #8A9CDC

monochromatic

#B55A36 #CE7B5B #DCA18A #EAC7B9 #F8ECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DCA18A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#DCA18A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA18A

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA18A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA18A	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca18a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 161, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.078 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bdac',
    500: '#dca18a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca18a;
$custom-light: #e8bdac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca18a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.829,
    "s": 53.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75922,
    "c": 0.07772,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA18A

secondary

#D6E6EC

accent

#95C124

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161210

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA18A

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

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