#DCA542#DCA542

#DCA542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.131 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA542
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 10.67, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 58.11, 79.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% 0.0251 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.131 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9565, 42.5225, 11.0457)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA542 #4279DC

analogous

#DC5842 #DCA542 #C6DC42

triadic

#DCA542 #42DCA5 #A542DC

tetradic

#DCA542 #42DC58 #4279DC #DC42C6

square

#DCA542 #42DC58 #4279DC #DC42C6

split-complementary

#DCA542 #42C6DC #5842DC

monochromatic

#8A621A #BE8623 #DCA542 #E6BE76 #EFD6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DCA542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#DCA542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA542

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA542	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)

#BAA636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.131 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf7b',
    500: '#dca542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca542;
$custom-light: #ebbf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75591,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA542

secondary

#9DB4DD

accent

#7BEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA542

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

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