#DCA261#DCA261

#DCA261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.107 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA261
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(32, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, 14.31, 41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 44.26, 71.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0399 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.107 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5956, 41.9226, 17.0500)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA261 #619BDC

analogous

#DC6461 #DCA261 #D9DC61

triadic

#DCA261 #61DCA2 #A261DC

tetradic

#DCA261 #61DC64 #619BDC #DC61D9

square

#DCA261 #61DC64 #619BDC #DC61D9

split-complementary

#DCA261 #61D9DC #6461DC

monochromatic

#9F6523 #D1852F #DCA261 #E7BF93 #F2DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DCA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#DCA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA261

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA261	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.107 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabd8f',
    500: '#dca261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca261;
$custom-light: #eabd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.707,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75373,
    "c": 0.10718,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA261

secondary

#B6CBE3

accent

#6ECC1A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA261

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

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