#DCA541#DCA541

#DCA541 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.131 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA541
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(39, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 10.62, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 58.51, 79.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.0248 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.131 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9273, 42.5109, 10.8918)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA541 #4178DC

analogous

#DC5741 #DCA541 #C5DC41

triadic

#DCA541 #41DCA5 #A541DC

tetradic

#DCA541 #41DC57 #4178DC #DC41C5

square

#DCA541 #41DC57 #4178DC #DC41C5

split-complementary

#DCA541 #41C5DC #5741DC

monochromatic

#896219 #BD8623 #DCA541 #E6BD75 #EFD6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DCA541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#DCA541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA541

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA541	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.131 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf7b',
    500: '#dca541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca541;
$custom-light: #ebbf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75582,
    "c": 0.13119,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA541

secondary

#9CB3DD

accent

#7AEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA541

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

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