#DCA249#DCA249

#DCA249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.125 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA249
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, 12.66, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 54.77, 76.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% 0.0318 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.125 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6409, 41.5407, 12.0217)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA249 #4983DC

analogous

#DC5949 #DCA249 #CCDC49

triadic

#DCA249 #49DCA2 #A249DC

tetradic

#DCA249 #49DC59 #4983DC #DC49CC

square

#DCA249 #49DC59 #4983DC #DC49CC

split-complementary

#DCA249 #49CCDC #5949DC

monochromatic

#8F611C #C28425 #DCA249 #E6BC7C #F0D6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DCA249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#DCA249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA249

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA249	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.125 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd7f',
    500: '#dca249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca249;
$custom-light: #ebbd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.327,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75081,
    "c": 0.12525,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA249

secondary

#A3BADE

accent

#82EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA249

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

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