#DCA273#DCA273

#DCA273 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.093 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA273
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 115)
HSL	hsl(27, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(27, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 47.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, 15.90, 32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 36.45, 64.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.0468 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.093 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5321, 42.2972, 21.9823)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA273 #73ADDC

analogous

#DC7378 #DCA273 #DCD673

triadic

#DCA273 #73DCA2 #A273DC

tetradic

#DCA273 #78DC73 #73ADDC #D673DC

square

#DCA273 #78DC73 #73ADDC #D673DC

split-complementary

#DCA273 #73DCD6 #7378DC

monochromatic

#AA642B #D08142 #DCA273 #E8C3A4 #F4E3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#DCA273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#DCA273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA273

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA273	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.093 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bd9c',
    500: '#dca273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca273;
$custom-light: #e9bd9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75657,
    "c": 0.09292,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA273

secondary

#C4D7E7

accent

#7CC81E

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA273

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

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