#DCA357#DCA357

#DCA357 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.115 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA357
RGB	rgb(220, 163, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 13.02, 47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 48.82, 74.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.0348 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.115 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.3353, 42.1014, 14.8063)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA357 #5790DC

analogous

#DC6157 #DCA357 #D2DC57

triadic

#DCA357 #57DCA3 #A357DC

tetradic

#DCA357 #57DC61 #5790DC #DC57D2

square

#DCA357 #57DC61 #5790DC #DC57D2

split-complementary

#DCA357 #57D2DC #6157DC

monochromatic

#996520 #CB862A #DCA357 #E7BF8A #F1DABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#DCA357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#DCA357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA357

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA357	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 163, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.115 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabe88',
    500: '#dca357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca357;
$custom-light: #eabe88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7543,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA357

secondary

#AEC4E1

accent

#66CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA357

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

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