#DCA280#DCA280

#DCA280 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.083 H 51.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA280
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 128)
HSL	hsl(22, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(22, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 41.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 17.24, 26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 31.28, 56.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% 0.0519 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.083 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3336, 42.6178, 26.2035)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA280 #80BADC

analogous

#DC808C #DCA280 #DCD080

triadic

#DCA280 #80DCA2 #A280DC

tetradic

#DCA280 #8CDC80 #80BADC #D080DC

square

#DCA280 #8CDC80 #80BADC #D080DC

split-complementary

#DCA280 #80DCD0 #808CDC

monochromatic

#B16031 #CF7F50 #DCA280 #E9C5B0 #F6E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DCA280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#DCA280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA280

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA280	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A77E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.083 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bda5',
    500: '#dca280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca280;
$custom-light: #e9bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.174,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.759,
    "c": 0.08335,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA280

secondary

#CEE0EA

accent

#88C421

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16120F

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA280

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

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