#DCA243#DCA243

#DCA243 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.129 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA243
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 67)
HSL	hsl(37, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 12.33, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 57.27, 77.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.0301 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.129 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4515, 41.4649, 11.0241)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA243 #437DDC

analogous

#DC5643 #DCA243 #CADC43

triadic

#DCA243 #43DCA2 #A243DC

tetradic

#DCA243 #43DC56 #437DDC #DC43CA

square

#DCA243 #43DC56 #437DDC #DC43CA

split-complementary

#DCA243 #43CADC #5643DC

monochromatic

#8B601A #BE8423 #DCA243 #E6BC77 #EFD5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DCA243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#DCA243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA243

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA243	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)

#B8A438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.129 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd7c',
    500: '#dca243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca243;
$custom-light: #ebbd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.255,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75023,
    "c": 0.12929,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA243

secondary

#9EB6DD

accent

#7FEB3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA243

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

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