#DCA551#DCA551

#DCA551 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.120 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA551
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, 11.55, 50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 51.75, 77.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0296 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.12 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4582, 42.7232, 13.6878)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA551 #5188DC

analogous

#DC6051 #DCA551 #CEDC51

triadic

#DCA551 #51DCA5 #A551DC

tetradic

#DCA551 #51DC60 #5188DC #DC51CE

square

#DCA551 #51DC60 #5188DC #DC51CE

split-complementary

#DCA551 #51CEDC #6051DC

monochromatic

#95661E #C88928 #DCA551 #E6BF84 #F0DAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DCA551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#DCA551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA551

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA551	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)

#BAA748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.120 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf85',
    500: '#dca551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca551;
$custom-light: #ebbf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.259,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75742,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA551

secondary

#A9BFE0

accent

#82E93E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA551

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

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