#DCA481#DCA481

#DCA481 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.082 H 53.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA481
RGB	rgb(220, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(23, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, 16.27, 26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 30.87, 58.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% 0.0491 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.082 53.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7549, 43.3544, 26.6702)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA481 #81B9DC

analogous

#DC818B #DCA481 #DCD181

triadic

#DCA481 #81DCA4 #A481DC

tetradic

#DCA481 #8BDC81 #81B9DC #D181DC

square

#DCA481 #8BDC81 #81B9DC #D181DC

split-complementary

#DCA481 #81DCD1 #818BDC

monochromatic

#B16331 #CF8151 #DCA481 #E9C7B1 #F7E9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#DCA481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#DCA481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA481

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA481	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A97E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B581

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.082 53.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bfa6',
    500: '#dca481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca481;
$custom-light: #e9bfa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76295,
    "c": 0.0819,
    "h": 53.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA481

secondary

#CFE0EA

accent

#86C421

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF7F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16120F

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA481

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

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