#DCA351#DCA351

#DCA351 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.120 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA351
RGB	rgb(220, 163, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, 12.62, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 51.46, 75.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0328 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.12 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1002, 42.0074, 13.5685)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA351 #518ADC

analogous

#DC5E51 #DCA351 #CFDC51

triadic

#DCA351 #51DCA3 #A351DC

tetradic

#DCA351 #51DC5E #518ADC #DC51CF

square

#DCA351 #51DC5E #518ADC #DC51CF

split-complementary

#DCA351 #51CFDC #5E51DC

monochromatic

#95641E #C88628 #DCA351 #E6BE84 #F0D9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#DCA351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#DCA351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA351

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA351	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 163, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.120 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbe85',
    500: '#dca351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca351;
$custom-light: #ebbe85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.396,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75359,
    "c": 0.11965,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA351

secondary

#A9BFE0

accent

#85E93E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA351

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

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