#DCA544#DCA544

#DCA544 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.129 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA544
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 68)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, 10.78, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 57.29, 79.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0257 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.129 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0165, 42.5465, 11.3617)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA544 #447BDC

analogous

#DC5944 #DCA544 #C7DC44

triadic

#DCA544 #44DCA5 #A544DC

tetradic

#DCA544 #44DC59 #447BDC #DC44C7

square

#DCA544 #44DC59 #447BDC #DC44C7

split-complementary

#DCA544 #44C7DC #5944DC

monochromatic

#8B621A #BF8724 #DCA544 #E6BE78 #EFD7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DCA544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#DCA544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA544

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA544	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)

#BAA638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.129 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf7d',
    500: '#dca544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca544;
$custom-light: #ebbf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.289,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75609,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA544

secondary

#9FB5DD

accent

#7CEB3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA544

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

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