#DCA41C#DCA41C

#DCA41C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.149 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA41C
RGB	rgb(220, 164, 28)
HSL	hsl(43, 77%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 87%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 87.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 9.84, 69.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 70.51, 81.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% 0.0188 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.149 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0033, 41.8538, 6.9121)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA41C #1C54DC

analogous

#DC441C #DCA41C #B4DC1C

triadic

#DCA41C #1CDCA4 #A41CDC

tetradic

#DCA41C #1CDC44 #1C54DC #DC1CB4

square

#DCA41C #1CDC44 #1C54DC #DC1CB4

split-complementary

#DCA41C #1CB4DC #441CDC

monochromatic

#6F530E #A67C15 #DCA41C #E8BB4D #EFD083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DCA41C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#DCA41C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA41C

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA41C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA41C	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca41c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 164, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.149 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbe69',
    500: '#dca41c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca41c;
$custom-light: #edbe69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca41c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75163,
    "c": 0.1487,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA41C

secondary

#7C97D8

accent

#6CF434

background

#FFFBF6

surface

#FFF6EC

border

#D7D0C7

text

#171207

muted

#85817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA41C

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

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