#DCA253#DCA253

#DCA253 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.118 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA253
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 83)
HSL	hsl(35, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 13.29, 48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 50.45, 74.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% 0.035 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.118 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9995, 41.6841, 13.9104)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA253 #538DDC

analogous

#DC5E53 #DCA253 #D1DC53

triadic

#DCA253 #53DCA2 #A253DC

tetradic

#DCA253 #53DC5E #538DDC #DC53D1

square

#DCA253 #53DC5E #538DDC #DC53D1

split-complementary

#DCA253 #53D1DC #5E53DC

monochromatic

#96631F #C98529 #DCA253 #E6BD86 #F1D9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#DCA253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#DCA253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA253

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA253	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.118 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd86',
    500: '#dca253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca253;
$custom-light: #ebbd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.599,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75191,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA253

secondary

#ABC1E0

accent

#87E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA253

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

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