#DCA561#DCA561

#DCA561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.107 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA561
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(33, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, 12.70, 42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 44.62, 73.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% 0.0352 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.107 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1304, 42.9921, 17.2282)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA561 #6198DC

analogous

#DC6861 #DCA561 #D5DC61

triadic

#DCA561 #61DCA5 #A561DC

tetradic

#DCA561 #61DC68 #6198DC #DC61D5

square

#DCA561 #61DC68 #6198DC #DC61D5

split-complementary

#DCA561 #61D5DC #6861DC

monochromatic

#9F6823 #D1882F #DCA561 #E7C293 #F2DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#DCA561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#DCA561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA561

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA561	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.107 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabf8f',
    500: '#dca561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca561;
$custom-light: #eabf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.171,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75944,
    "c": 0.10734,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA561

secondary

#B6CAE3

accent

#69CC1A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA561

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

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