#DCA272#DCA272

#DCA272 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.094 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA272
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 114)
HSL	hsl(27, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, 15.81, 33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 36.87, 64.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% 0.0464 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.094 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4749, 42.2743, 21.6809)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA272 #72ACDC

analogous

#DC7277 #DCA272 #DCD772

triadic

#DCA272 #72DCA2 #A272DC

tetradic

#DCA272 #77DC72 #72ACDC #D772DC

square

#DCA272 #77DC72 #72ACDC #D772DC

split-complementary

#DCA272 #72DCD7 #7277DC

monochromatic

#AA642A #D08241 #DCA272 #E8C2A3 #F4E3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#DCA272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#DCA272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA272

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA272	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B373

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.094 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bd9b',
    500: '#dca272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca272;
$custom-light: #e9bd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.17,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7564,
    "c": 0.09369,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA272

secondary

#C3D7E7

accent

#7BC81E

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA272

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

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