#DCA555#DCA555

#DCA555 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.117 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA555
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 85)
HSL	hsl(36, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, 11.81, 48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 49.99, 76.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% 0.031 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.117 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6126, 42.7850, 14.5012)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA555 #558CDC

analogous

#DC6255 #DCA555 #CFDC55

triadic

#DCA555 #55DCA5 #A555DC

tetradic

#DCA555 #55DC62 #558CDC #DC55CF

square

#DCA555 #55DC62 #558CDC #DC55CF

split-complementary

#DCA555 #55CFDC #6255DC

monochromatic

#97661F #CA892A #DCA555 #E6C088 #F1DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DCA555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#DCA555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA555

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA555	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.117 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabf87',
    500: '#dca555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca555;
$custom-light: #eabf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75789,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA555

secondary

#ACC2E0

accent

#84E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA555

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

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