#DCA251#DCA251

#DCA251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA251
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 13.15, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 51.33, 75.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% 0.0344 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.12 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9234, 41.6537, 13.5096)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA251 #518BDC

analogous

#DC5D51 #DCA251 #D1DC51

triadic

#DCA251 #51DCA2 #A251DC

tetradic

#DCA251 #51DC5D #518BDC #DC51D1

square

#DCA251 #51DC5D #518BDC #DC51D1

split-complementary

#DCA251 #51D1DC #5D51DC

monochromatic

#95631E #C88528 #DCA251 #E6BD84 #F0D8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#DCA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#DCA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA251

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA251	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)

#B7A549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd85',
    500: '#dca251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca251;
$custom-light: #ebbd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.964,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75167,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA251

secondary

#A9C0E0

accent

#86E93E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA251

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

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