#DCA342#DCA342

#DCA342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.130 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA342
RGB	rgb(220, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 11.74, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 57.81, 78.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% 0.0282 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.13 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5986, 41.8067, 10.9264)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA342 #427BDC

analogous

#DC5642 #DCA342 #C8DC42

triadic

#DCA342 #42DCA3 #A342DC

tetradic

#DCA342 #42DC56 #427BDC #DC42C8

square

#DCA342 #42DC56 #427BDC #DC42C8

split-complementary

#DCA342 #42C8DC #5642DC

monochromatic

#8A601A #BE8423 #DCA342 #E6BC76 #EFD5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DCA342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#DCA342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA342

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA342	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.130 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbe7b',
    500: '#dca342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca342;
$custom-light: #ebbe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.792,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75206,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA342

secondary

#9DB5DD

accent

#7DEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA342

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

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