#DCA53D#DCA53D

#DCA53D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.134 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA53D
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 61)
HSL	hsl(39, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 72.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, 10.42, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 60.10, 80.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0237 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.134 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8155, 42.4661, 10.3031)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA53D #3D74DC

analogous

#DC553D #DCA53D #C4DC3D

triadic

#DCA53D #3DDCA5 #A53DDC

tetradic

#DCA53D #3DDC55 #3D74DC #DC3DC4

square

#DCA53D #3DDC55 #3D74DC #DC3DC4

split-complementary

#DCA53D #3DC4DC #553DDC

monochromatic

#866018 #BA8522 #DCA53D #E5BD71 #EFD5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DCA53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#DCA53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA53D

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA53D	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.134 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbf78',
    500: '#dca53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca53d;
$custom-light: #ecbf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.245,
    "s": 69.432,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75549,
    "c": 0.1337,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA53D

secondary

#99B0DC

accent

#79EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA53D

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

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