#DCA449#DCA449

#DCA449 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.126 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA449
RGB	rgb(220, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, 11.59, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 55.05, 77.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% 0.0287 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.126 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9960, 42.2509, 12.1401)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA449 #4981DC

analogous

#DC5B49 #DCA449 #CADC49

triadic

#DCA449 #49DCA4 #A449DC

tetradic

#DCA449 #49DC5B #4981DC #DC49CA

square

#DCA449 #49DC5B #4981DC #DC49CA

split-complementary

#DCA449 #49CADC #5B49DC

monochromatic

#8F631C #C28725 #DCA449 #E6BE7C #F0D7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#DCA449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#DCA449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA449

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA449	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.126 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbe80',
    500: '#dca449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca449;
$custom-light: #ebbe80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75465,
    "c": 0.1256,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA449

secondary

#A3B9DE

accent

#7FEB3D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA449

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

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