#DCA36E#DCA36E
#DCA36E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.097 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #DCA36E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(220, 163, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 61%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 50%, 86%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 50%, 13.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.24, 14.89, 35.66) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.24, 38.65, 67.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.76% 0.0432 0.0865) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.76% 0.097 63.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.4291, 42.5389, 20.5669) |
| Luminance | 0.4254 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.27
Camel
#C19A6B
ΔE00 5.98
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.71
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 6.89
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.96
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 7.27
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#DCA36E #6EA7DC
analogous
#DC6E70 #DCA36E #DCDA6E
triadic
#DCA36E #6EDCA3 #A36EDC
tetradic
#DCA36E #70DC6E #6EA7DC #DA6EDC
square
#DCA36E #70DC6E #6EA7DC #DA6EDC
split-complementary
#DCA36E #6EDCDA #6E70DC
monochromatic
#A76528 #D0843D #DCA36E #E8C29F #F4E2D1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#DCA36E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.51
#DCA36E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #DCA36E
9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##DCA36E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##DCA36E | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.51 | 9.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A76A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B46F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EC9796
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #dca36e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 163, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.097 63.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e9be98',
500: '#dca36e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #dca36e; $custom-light: #e9be98; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#dca36e",
"rgb": {
"r": 220,
"g": 163,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.909,
"s": 61.111,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75761,
"c": 0.09673,
"h": 63.4
},
"luminance": 0.42536
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#DCA36E
secondary
#C0D4E6
accent
#76C91D
background
#FEFBF9
surface
#FDF6F2
border
#D5D0CC
text
#16120E
muted
#84817E