#DCA457#DCA457

#DCA457 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.115 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA457
RGB	rgb(220, 164, 87)
HSL	hsl(35, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, 12.49, 47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 48.96, 75.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% 0.0332 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.115 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5135, 42.4579, 14.8657)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA457 #578FDC

analogous

#DC6257 #DCA457 #D1DC57

triadic

#DCA457 #57DCA4 #A457DC

tetradic

#DCA457 #57DC62 #578FDC #DC57D1

square

#DCA457 #57DC62 #578FDC #DC57D1

split-complementary

#DCA457 #57D1DC #6257DC

monochromatic

#996620 #CB882A #DCA457 #E7BF8A #F1DBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DCA457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#DCA457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA457

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA457	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)

#B8A650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 164, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.115 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabe89',
    500: '#dca457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca457;
$custom-light: #eabe89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75621,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA457

secondary

#AEC3E1

accent

#64CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA457

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

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