#DCA257#DCA257

#DCA257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.115 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA257
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, 13.56, 46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 48.69, 73.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.0364 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.115 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1584, 41.7477, 14.7473)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA257 #5791DC

analogous

#DC6057 #DCA257 #D3DC57

triadic

#DCA257 #57DCA2 #A257DC

tetradic

#DCA257 #57DC60 #5791DC #DC57D3

square

#DCA257 #57DC60 #5791DC #DC57D3

split-complementary

#DCA257 #57D3DC #6057DC

monochromatic

#996420 #CB852A #DCA257 #E7BE8A #F1DABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#DCA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#DCA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA257

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA257	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)

#B6A550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.115 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabd88',
    500: '#dca257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca257;
$custom-light: #eabd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.835,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75239,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA257

secondary

#AEC4E1

accent

#67CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA257

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

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