#DCA279#DCA279

#DCA279 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.088 H 56.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA279
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 121)
HSL	hsl(25, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(25, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, 16.50, 29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 33.99, 60.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.0492 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.088 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8887, 42.4398, 23.8602)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA279 #79B3DC

analogous

#DC7982 #DCA279 #DCD379

triadic

#DCA279 #79DCA2 #A279DC

tetradic

#DCA279 #82DC79 #79B3DC #D379DC

square

#DCA279 #82DC79 #79B3DC #D379DC

split-complementary

#DCA279 #79DCD3 #7982DC

monochromatic

#AD622D #CF8048 #DCA279 #E9C4AA #F5E5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DCA279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#DCA279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA279

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA279	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.088 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bda0',
    500: '#dca279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca279;
$custom-light: #e9bda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.848,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75765,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA279

secondary

#C9DBE8

accent

#81C61F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA279

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

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