#DCA548#DCA548

#DCA548 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.127 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA548
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, 11.00, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 55.62, 78.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.0268 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.127 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1428, 42.5970, 12.0267)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA548 #487FDC

analogous

#DC5B48 #DCA548 #C9DC48

triadic

#DCA548 #48DCA5 #A548DC

tetradic

#DCA548 #48DC5B #487FDC #DC48C9

square

#DCA548 #48DC5B #487FDC #DC48C9

split-complementary

#DCA548 #48C9DC #5B48DC

monochromatic

#8E641B #C28825 #DCA548 #E6BE7B #F0D8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DCA548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#DCA548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA548

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA548	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.127 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf7f',
    500: '#dca548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca548;
$custom-light: #ebbf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.703,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75647,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA548

secondary

#A2B8DE

accent

#7EEB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA548

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

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