#DCA442#DCA442

#DCA442 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.130 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA442
RGB	rgb(220, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 11.21, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 57.96, 78.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.0267 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.13 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7768, 42.1632, 10.9859)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA442 #427ADC

analogous

#DC5742 #DCA442 #C7DC42

triadic

#DCA442 #42DCA4 #A442DC

tetradic

#DCA442 #42DC57 #427ADC #DC42C7

square

#DCA442 #42DC57 #427ADC #DC42C7

split-complementary

#DCA442 #42C7DC #5742DC

monochromatic

#8A611A #BE8523 #DCA442 #E6BD76 #EFD6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#DCA442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#DCA442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA442

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA442	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.130 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbe7b',
    500: '#dca442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca442;
$custom-light: #ebbe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75398,
    "c": 0.13032,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA442

secondary

#9DB4DD

accent

#7CEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA442

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

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