#DCA23E#DCA23E

#DCA23E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.132 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA23E
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(38, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 71.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, 12.08, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 59.28, 78.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% 0.0287 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.132 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3079, 41.4075, 10.2680)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA23E #3E78DC

analogous

#DC533E #DCA23E #C7DC3E

triadic

#DCA23E #3EDCA2 #A23EDC

tetradic

#DCA23E #3EDC53 #3E78DC #DC3EC7

square

#DCA23E #3EDC53 #3E78DC #DC3EC7

split-complementary

#DCA23E #3EC7DC #533EDC

monochromatic

#875F19 #BB8322 #DCA23E #E5BB72 #EFD4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DCA23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#DCA23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA23E

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA23E	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.132 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbd79',
    500: '#dca23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca23e;
$custom-light: #ecbd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.975,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74979,
    "c": 0.13245,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA23E

secondary

#9AB2DC

accent

#7CEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA23E

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

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