#DCA556#DCA556

#DCA556 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.116 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA556
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, 11.88, 48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 49.54, 76.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% 0.0313 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.116 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6526, 42.8010, 14.7119)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA556 #568DDC

analogous

#DC6256 #DCA556 #D0DC56

triadic

#DCA556 #56DCA5 #A556DC

tetradic

#DCA556 #56DC62 #568DDC #DC56D0

square

#DCA556 #56DC62 #568DDC #DC56D0

split-complementary

#DCA556 #56D0DC #6256DC

monochromatic

#986720 #CB892A #DCA556 #E6C089 #F1DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DCA556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#DCA556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA556

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA556	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)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.116 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabf88',
    500: '#dca556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca556;
$custom-light: #eabf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.373,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75801,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA556

secondary

#ADC2E1

accent

#85E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA556

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

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