#DCA381#DCA381

#DCA381 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.082 H 51.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA381
RGB	rgb(220, 163, 129)
HSL	hsl(22, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(22, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, 16.81, 25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 30.89, 57.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% 0.0507 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.082 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5766, 42.9979, 26.6108)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA381 #81BADC

analogous

#DC818C #DCA381 #DCD181

triadic

#DCA381 #81DCA3 #A381DC

tetradic

#DCA381 #8CDC81 #81BADC #D181DC

square

#DCA381 #8CDC81 #81BADC #D181DC

split-complementary

#DCA381 #81DCD1 #818CDC

monochromatic

#B16131 #CF8051 #DCA381 #E9C6B1 #F7E9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#DCA381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#DCA381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA381

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA381	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A87F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 163, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.082 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bea5',
    500: '#dca381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca381;
$custom-light: #e9bea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.418,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76107,
    "c": 0.08227,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA381

secondary

#CFE0EA

accent

#87C421

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16120F

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA381

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

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