#DCA543#DCA543

#DCA543 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.130 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA543
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 67)
HSL	hsl(38, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, 10.72, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 57.70, 79.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% 0.0254 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.13 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9862, 42.5344, 11.2024)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA543 #437ADC

analogous

#DC5943 #DCA543 #C7DC43

triadic

#DCA543 #43DCA5 #A543DC

tetradic

#DCA543 #43DC59 #437ADC #DC43C7

square

#DCA543 #43DC59 #437ADC #DC43C7

split-complementary

#DCA543 #43C7DC #5943DC

monochromatic

#8B621A #BE8723 #DCA543 #E6BE77 #EFD6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DCA543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#DCA543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA543

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA543	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.130 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf7c',
    500: '#dca543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca543;
$custom-light: #ebbf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.431,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.756,
    "c": 0.12989,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA543

secondary

#9EB5DD

accent

#7BEB3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA543

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

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