#DCA557#DCA557

#DCA557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA557
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(35, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 11.95, 47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 49.10, 75.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% 0.0316 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.115 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6932, 42.8172, 14.9256)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA557 #578EDC

analogous

#DC6257 #DCA557 #D0DC57

triadic

#DCA557 #57DCA5 #A557DC

tetradic

#DCA557 #57DC62 #578EDC #DC57D0

square

#DCA557 #57DC62 #578EDC #DC57D0

split-complementary

#DCA557 #57D0DC #6257DC

monochromatic

#996720 #CB892A #DCA557 #E7C08A #F1DBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DCA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#DCA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA557

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA557	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)

#B9A750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabf89',
    500: '#dca557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca557;
$custom-light: #eabf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.188,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75813,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA557

secondary

#AEC3E1

accent

#63CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA557

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

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