#DCA43F#DCA43F

#DCA43F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.132 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA43F
RGB	rgb(220, 164, 63)
HSL	hsl(39, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 71.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, 11.06, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 59.16, 79.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0258 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.132 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6907, 42.1288, 10.5322)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA43F #3F77DC

analogous

#DC553F #DCA43F #C5DC3F

triadic

#DCA43F #3FDCA4 #A43FDC

tetradic

#DCA43F #3FDC55 #3F77DC #DC3FC5

square

#DCA43F #3FDC55 #3F77DC #DC3FC5

split-complementary

#DCA43F #3FC5DC #553FDC

monochromatic

#886019 #BC8522 #DCA43F #E5BD73 #EFD5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#DCA43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#DCA43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA43F

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA43F	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)

#BAA532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 164, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.132 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbe7a',
    500: '#dca43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca43f;
$custom-light: #ebbe7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.599,
    "s": 69.163,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75372,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA43F

secondary

#9BB2DC

accent

#7BEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA43F

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

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