#DCA55B#DCA55B

#DCA55B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.112 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA55B
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 91)
HSL	hsl(34, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, 12.24, 45.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 47.31, 75.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% 0.033 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.112 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8611, 42.8844, 15.8102)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA55B #5B92DC

analogous

#DC645B #DCA55B #D2DC5B

triadic

#DCA55B #5BDCA5 #A55BDC

tetradic

#DCA55B #5BDC64 #5B92DC #DC5BD2

square

#DCA55B #5BDC64 #5B92DC #DC5BD2

split-complementary

#DCA55B #5BD2DC #645BDC

monochromatic

#9B6721 #CE892C #DCA55B #E7C18D #F2DCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#DCA55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#DCA55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA55B

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA55B	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.112 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabf8b',
    500: '#dca55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca55b;
$custom-light: #eabf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.419,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75864,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA55B

secondary

#B1C6E2

accent

#66CD19

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA55B

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

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