#DCA451#DCA451

#DCA451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA451
RGB	rgb(220, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 12.08, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 51.60, 76.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0312 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.12 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.2785, 42.3639, 13.6279)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA451 #5189DC

analogous

#DC5F51 #DCA451 #CFDC51

triadic

#DCA451 #51DCA4 #A451DC

tetradic

#DCA451 #51DC5F #5189DC #DC51CF

square

#DCA451 #51DC5F #5189DC #DC51CF

split-complementary

#DCA451 #51CFDC #5F51DC

monochromatic

#95651E #C88728 #DCA451 #E6BF84 #F0D9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#DCA451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#DCA451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA451

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA451	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbe85',
    500: '#dca451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca451;
$custom-light: #ebbe85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.827,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7555,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA451

secondary

#A9BFE0

accent

#83E93E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA451

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

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