#DCA242#DCA242

#DCA242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.130 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA242
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, 12.28, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 57.67, 77.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0298 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.13 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4217, 41.4530, 10.8675)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA242 #427CDC

analogous

#DC5542 #DCA242 #C9DC42

triadic

#DCA242 #42DCA2 #A242DC

tetradic

#DCA242 #42DC55 #427CDC #DC42C9

square

#DCA242 #42DC55 #427CDC #DC42C9

split-complementary

#DCA242 #42C9DC #5542DC

monochromatic

#8A601A #BE8323 #DCA242 #E6BB76 #EFD5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DCA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#DCA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA242

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA242	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.130 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd7b',
    500: '#dca242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca242;
$custom-light: #ebbd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.403,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75014,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA242

secondary

#9DB5DD

accent

#7EEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA242

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

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