#DCA43E#DCA43E

#DCA43E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.133 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA43E
RGB	rgb(220, 164, 62)
HSL	hsl(39, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 71.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, 11.01, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 59.56, 79.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0256 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.133 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6630, 42.1177, 10.3864)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA43E #3E76DC

analogous

#DC553E #DCA43E #C5DC3E

triadic

#DCA43E #3EDCA4 #A43EDC

tetradic

#DCA43E #3EDC55 #3E76DC #DC3EC5

square

#DCA43E #3EDC55 #3E76DC #DC3EC5

split-complementary

#DCA43E #3EC5DC #553EDC

monochromatic

#876019 #BB8522 #DCA43E #E5BC72 #EFD5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#DCA43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#DCA43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA43E

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA43E	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)

#BAA530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 164, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.133 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbe79',
    500: '#dca43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca43e;
$custom-light: #ecbe79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.734,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75364,
    "c": 0.13285,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA43E

secondary

#9AB1DC

accent

#7AEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA43E

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

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