#DCA480#DCA480

#DCA480 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.083 H 53.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA480
RGB	rgb(220, 164, 128)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(23, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 41.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, 16.16, 26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 31.25, 58.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% 0.0487 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.083 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6887, 43.3280, 26.3219)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA480 #80B8DC

analogous

#DC808A #DCA480 #DCD280

triadic

#DCA480 #80DCA4 #A480DC

tetradic

#DCA480 #8ADC80 #80B8DC #D280DC

square

#DCA480 #8ADC80 #80B8DC #D280DC

split-complementary

#DCA480 #80DCD2 #808ADC

monochromatic

#B16331 #CF8250 #DCA480 #E9C6B0 #F6E9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#DCA480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#DCA480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA480

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA480	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A97D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 164, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.083 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bfa5',
    500: '#dca480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca480;
$custom-light: #e9bfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.478,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76275,
    "c": 0.08263,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA480

secondary

#CEDFEA

accent

#84C421

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF7F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16120F

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA480

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

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