#DCA23F#DCA23F

#DCA23F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.132 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA23F
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 63)
HSL	hsl(38, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 71.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 12.13, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 58.88, 78.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.029 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.132 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3356, 41.4186, 10.4138)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA23F #3F79DC

analogous

#DC533F #DCA23F #C8DC3F

triadic

#DCA23F #3FDCA2 #A23FDC

tetradic

#DCA23F #3FDC53 #3F79DC #DC3FC8

square

#DCA23F #3FDC53 #3F79DC #DC3FC8

split-complementary

#DCA23F #3FC8DC #533FDC

monochromatic

#885F19 #BC8322 #DCA23F #E5BB73 #EFD4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DCA23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#DCA23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA23F

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA23F	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)

#B8A432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.132 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbd79',
    500: '#dca23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca23f;
$custom-light: #ecbd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.834,
    "s": 69.163,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74987,
    "c": 0.13184,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA23F

secondary

#9BB3DC

accent

#7DEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA23F

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

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