#DCA549#DCA549

#DCA549 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.126 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA549
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 11.06, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 55.20, 78.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.0271 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.126 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1757, 42.6102, 12.1999)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA549 #4980DC

analogous

#DC5B49 #DCA549 #CADC49

triadic

#DCA549 #49DCA5 #A549DC

tetradic

#DCA549 #49DC5B #4980DC #DC49CA

square

#DCA549 #49DC5B #4980DC #DC49CA

split-complementary

#DCA549 #49CADC #5B49DC

monochromatic

#8F641C #C28825 #DCA549 #E6BE7C #F0D8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DCA549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#DCA549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA549

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA549	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)

#BAA73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.126 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf80',
    500: '#dca549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca549;
$custom-light: #ebbf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.551,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75657,
    "c": 0.1258,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA549

secondary

#A3B9DE

accent

#7EEB3D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF7EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA549

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

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