#DCA545#DCA545

#DCA545 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.129 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA545
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, 10.83, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 56.88, 79.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% 0.026 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.129 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0473, 42.5589, 11.5238)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA545 #457CDC

analogous

#DC5A45 #DCA545 #C7DC45

triadic

#DCA545 #45DCA5 #A545DC

tetradic

#DCA545 #45DC5A #457CDC #DC45C7

square

#DCA545 #45DC5A #457CDC #DC45C7

split-complementary

#DCA545 #45C7DC #5A45DC

monochromatic

#8C631A #C08724 #DCA545 #E6BE79 #EFD7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DCA545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#DCA545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA545

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA545	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)

#BAA63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.129 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf7d',
    500: '#dca545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca545;
$custom-light: #ebbf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.146,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75619,
    "c": 0.12856,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA545

secondary

#A0B6DD

accent

#7CEB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA545

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

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