#DCA57D#DCA57D

#DCA57D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.085 H 57.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA57D
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 125)
HSL	hsl(25, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(25, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 43.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, 15.30, 28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 32.45, 61.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% 0.0459 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.085 57.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6739, 43.6095, 25.3572)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA57D #7DB4DC

analogous

#DC7D84 #DCA57D #DCD47D

triadic

#DCA57D #7DDCA5 #A57DDC

tetradic

#DCA57D #84DC7D #7DB4DC #D47DDC

square

#DCA57D #84DC7D #7DB4DC #D47DDC

split-complementary

#DCA57D #7DDCD4 #7D84DC

monochromatic

#AF652F #CF844D #DCA57D #E9C6AD #F6E8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DCA57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#DCA57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA57D

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA57D	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A97A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.085 57.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bfa3',
    500: '#dca57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca57d;
$custom-light: #e9bfa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.263,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76405,
    "c": 0.08457,
    "h": 57.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA57D

secondary

#CCDDE9

accent

#80C520

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF7F3

border

#D5D0CD

text

#16120F

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA57D

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

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