#DCA535#DCA535

#DCA535 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.138 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA535
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 75.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, 10.07, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 63.12, 80.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% 0.0218 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.138 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6159, 42.3863, 9.2517)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA535 #356CDC

analogous

#DC5135 #DCA535 #BFDC35

triadic

#DCA535 #35DCA5 #A535DC

tetradic

#DCA535 #35DC51 #356CDC #DC35BF

square

#DCA535 #35DC51 #356CDC #DC35BF

split-complementary

#DCA535 #35BFDC #5135DC

monochromatic

#805D16 #B5831F #DCA535 #E5BC69 #EED39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#DCA535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#DCA535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA535

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA535	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.138 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbf74',
    500: '#dca535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca535;
$custom-light: #ecbf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.24,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75488,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA535

secondary

#93AADA

accent

#75ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA535

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

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