#DCA278#DCA278

#DCA278 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.089 H 56.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA278
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 120)
HSL	hsl(25, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(25, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, 16.40, 30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 34.40, 61.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% 0.0488 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.089 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8277, 42.4154, 23.5389)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA278 #78B2DC

analogous

#DC7880 #DCA278 #DCD478

triadic

#DCA278 #78DCA2 #A278DC

tetradic

#DCA278 #80DC78 #78B2DC #D478DC

square

#DCA278 #80DC78 #78B2DC #D478DC

split-complementary

#DCA278 #78DCD4 #7880DC

monochromatic

#AD632D #CF8147 #DCA278 #E9C3A9 #F5E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DCA278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#DCA278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA278

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA278	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.089 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bd9f',
    500: '#dca278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca278;
$custom-light: #e9bd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.2,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75747,
    "c": 0.08911,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA278

secondary

#C8DAE8

accent

#80C61F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA278

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

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