#DCA255#DCA255

#DCA255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.117 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA255
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(34, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, 13.42, 47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 49.57, 74.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% 0.0357 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.117 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0778, 41.7154, 14.3229)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA255 #558FDC

analogous

#DC5E55 #DCA255 #D3DC55

triadic

#DCA255 #55DCA2 #A255DC

tetradic

#DCA255 #55DC5E #558FDC #DC55D3

square

#DCA255 #55DC5E #558FDC #DC55D3

split-complementary

#DCA255 #55D3DC #5E55DC

monochromatic

#97641F #CA852A #DCA255 #E6BE88 #F1DABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#DCA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#DCA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA255

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA255	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)

#B7A54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.117 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd87',
    500: '#dca255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca255;
$custom-light: #ebbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75215,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA255

secondary

#ACC3E0

accent

#88E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA255

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

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