#DCA459#DCA459

#DCA459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.114 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA459
RGB	rgb(220, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(34, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 12.63, 46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 48.07, 74.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.0339 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.114 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5964, 42.4910, 15.3020)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA459 #5991DC

analogous

#DC6259 #DCA459 #D2DC59

triadic

#DCA459 #59DCA4 #A459DC

tetradic

#DCA459 #59DC62 #5991DC #DC59D2

square

#DCA459 #59DC62 #5991DC #DC59D2

split-complementary

#DCA459 #59D2DC #6259DC

monochromatic

#9A6620 #CD882B #DCA459 #E7C08C #F1DBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DCA459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#DCA459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA459

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA459	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.114 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabe8a',
    500: '#dca459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca459;
$custom-light: #eabe8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.351,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75646,
    "c": 0.11366,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA459

secondary

#AFC5E1

accent

#66CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA459

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

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