#DCA252#DCA252

#DCA252 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.119 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA252
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(35, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, 13.22, 49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 50.89, 74.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0347 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.119 73)
XYZ	xyz(43.9612, 41.6688, 13.7085)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA252 #528CDC

analogous

#DC5D52 #DCA252 #D1DC52

triadic

#DCA252 #52DCA2 #A252DC

tetradic

#DCA252 #52DC5D #528CDC #DC52D1

square

#DCA252 #52DC5D #528CDC #DC52D1

split-complementary

#DCA252 #52D1DC #5D52DC

monochromatic

#95631E #C88529 #DCA252 #E6BD85 #F1D9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#DCA252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#DCA252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA252

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA252	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)

#B7A54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.119 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd85',
    500: '#dca252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca252;
$custom-light: #ebbd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.783,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75179,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.41666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA252

secondary

#AAC1E0

accent

#86E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA252

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

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