#DCA259#DCA259

#DCA259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.113 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA259
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, 13.70, 45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 47.81, 73.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.0371 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.113 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.2413, 41.7808, 15.1836)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA259 #5993DC

analogous

#DC6059 #DCA259 #D4DC59

triadic

#DCA259 #59DCA2 #A259DC

tetradic

#DCA259 #59DC60 #5993DC #DC59D4

square

#DCA259 #59DC60 #5993DC #DC59D4

split-complementary

#DCA259 #59D4DC #6059DC

monochromatic

#9A6420 #CD852B #DCA259 #E7BE8C #F1DBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DCA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#DCA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA259

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA259	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.113 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabd8a',
    500: '#dca259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca259;
$custom-light: #eabd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.435,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75265,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA259

secondary

#AFC6E1

accent

#68CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA259

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

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