#DCA487#DCA487

#DCA487 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.078 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA487
RGB	rgb(220, 164, 135)
HSL	hsl(20, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(20, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 38.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, 16.95, 23.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 28.67, 53.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% 0.0515 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.078 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1655, 43.5187, 28.8326)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA487 #87BFDC

analogous

#DC8794 #DCA487 #DCCF87

triadic

#DCA487 #87DCA4 #A487DC

tetradic

#DCA487 #94DC87 #87BFDC #CF87DC

square

#DCA487 #94DC87 #87BFDC #CF87DC

split-complementary

#DCA487 #87DCCF #8794DC

monochromatic

#B46035 #CE8058 #DCA487 #EAC8B6 #F8ECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DCA487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#DCA487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA487

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA487	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 164, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.078 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bfaa',
    500: '#dca487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca487;
$custom-light: #e8bfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.471,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76417,
    "c": 0.0778,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA487

secondary

#D3E3EC

accent

#8CC223

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF7F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161210

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA487

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

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