#DCA552#DCA552

#DCA552 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.119 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA552
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 82)
HSL	hsl(36, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, 11.61, 49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 51.31, 76.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% 0.03 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.119 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4959, 42.7383, 13.8868)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA552 #5289DC

analogous

#DC6052 #DCA552 #CEDC52

triadic

#DCA552 #52DCA5 #A552DC

tetradic

#DCA552 #52DC60 #5289DC #DC52CE

square

#DCA552 #52DC60 #5289DC #DC52CE

split-complementary

#DCA552 #52CEDC #6052DC

monochromatic

#95661E #C88929 #DCA552 #E6BF85 #F1DAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DCA552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#DCA552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA552

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA552	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.119 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf85',
    500: '#dca552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca552;
$custom-light: #ebbf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.087,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75754,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA552

secondary

#AABFE0

accent

#83E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA552

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

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