#DCA579#DCA579

#DCA579 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.088 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA579
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 121)
HSL	hsl(27, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(27, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, 14.89, 30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 34.10, 64.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% 0.0444 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.088 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4235, 43.5093, 24.0384)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA579 #79B0DC

analogous

#DC797F #DCA579 #DCD779

triadic

#DCA579 #79DCA5 #A579DC

tetradic

#DCA579 #7FDC79 #79B0DC #D779DC

square

#DCA579 #7FDC79 #79B0DC #D779DC

split-complementary

#DCA579 #79DCD7 #797FDC

monochromatic

#AD662D #CF8448 #DCA579 #E9C6AA #F5E6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DCA579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#DCA579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA579

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA579	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B57A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.088 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bfa0',
    500: '#dca579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca579;
$custom-light: #e9bfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76331,
    "c": 0.08769,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA579

secondary

#C9DAE8

accent

#7CC61F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF7F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA579

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

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