#DCA456#DCA456

#DCA456 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.116 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA456
RGB	rgb(220, 164, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, 12.42, 47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 49.40, 75.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0329 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.116 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4729, 42.4417, 14.6520)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA456 #568EDC

analogous

#DC6156 #DCA456 #D1DC56

triadic

#DCA456 #56DCA4 #A456DC

tetradic

#DCA456 #56DC61 #568EDC #DC56D1

square

#DCA456 #56DC61 #568EDC #DC56D1

split-complementary

#DCA456 #56D1DC #6156DC

monochromatic

#986620 #CB882A #DCA456 #E6BF89 #F1DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DCA456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#DCA456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA456

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA456	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 164, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.116 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabe88',
    500: '#dca456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca456;
$custom-light: #eabe88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.925,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75609,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA456

secondary

#ADC3E1

accent

#86E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA456

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

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