#DCA281#DCA281

#DCA281 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.083 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA281
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 129)
HSL	hsl(22, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(22, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, 17.35, 25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 30.91, 55.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% 0.0523 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.083 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3998, 42.6442, 26.5519)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA281 #81BBDC

analogous

#DC818D #DCA281 #DCCF81

triadic

#DCA281 #81DCA2 #A281DC

tetradic

#DCA281 #8DDC81 #81BBDC #CF81DC

square

#DCA281 #8DDC81 #81BBDC #CF81DC

split-complementary

#DCA281 #81DCCF #818DDC

monochromatic

#B16031 #CF7F51 #DCA281 #E9C5B1 #F7E9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DCA281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#DCA281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA281

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA281	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A77F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.083 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bda5',
    500: '#dca281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca281;
$custom-light: #e9bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.758,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7592,
    "c": 0.08267,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA281

secondary

#CFE0EA

accent

#89C421

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16120F

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA281

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

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