#DCA250#DCA250

#DCA250 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA250
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 80)
HSL	hsl(35, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, 13.09, 50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 51.76, 75.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% 0.034 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.12 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8862, 41.6388, 13.3135)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA250 #508ADC

analogous

#DC5C50 #DCA250 #D0DC50

triadic

#DCA250 #50DCA2 #A250DC

tetradic

#DCA250 #50DC5C #508ADC #DC50D0

square

#DCA250 #50DC5C #508ADC #DC50D0

split-complementary

#DCA250 #50D0DC #5C50DC

monochromatic

#94631E #C78528 #DCA250 #E6BD83 #F0D8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#DCA250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#DCA250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA250

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA250	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd84',
    500: '#dca250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca250;
$custom-light: #ebbd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.143,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75156,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA250

secondary

#A8BFDF

accent

#85EA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA250

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

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