#DCA256#DCA256

#DCA256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.116 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA256
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 13.49, 47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 49.13, 74.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.036 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.116 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1178, 41.7314, 14.5336)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA256 #5690DC

analogous

#DC5F56 #DCA256 #D3DC56

triadic

#DCA256 #56DCA2 #A256DC

tetradic

#DCA256 #56DC5F #5690DC #DC56D3

square

#DCA256 #56DC5F #5690DC #DC56D3

split-complementary

#DCA256 #56D3DC #5F56DC

monochromatic

#986420 #CB852A #DCA256 #E6BE89 #F1DABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#DCA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#DCA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA256

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA256	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.116 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd88',
    500: '#dca256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca256;
$custom-light: #ebbd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.03,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75227,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA256

secondary

#ADC3E1

accent

#89E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA256

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

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