#DCA550#DCA550

#DCA550 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.121 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA550
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 80)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, 11.48, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 52.18, 77.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0293 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.121 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4209, 42.7083, 13.4918)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA550 #5087DC

analogous

#DC5F50 #DCA550 #CDDC50

triadic

#DCA550 #50DCA5 #A550DC

tetradic

#DCA550 #50DC5F #5087DC #DC50CD

square

#DCA550 #50DC5F #5087DC #DC50CD

split-complementary

#DCA550 #50CDDC #5F50DC

monochromatic

#94651E #C78828 #DCA550 #E6BF83 #F0D9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DCA550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#DCA550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA550

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA550	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.121 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf84',
    500: '#dca550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca550;
$custom-light: #ebbf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.429,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75731,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA550

secondary

#A8BEDF

accent

#82EA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA550

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

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