#DCA581#DCA581

#DCA581 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.082 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA581
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 129)
HSL	hsl(24, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(24, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 15.73, 26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 30.87, 59.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% 0.0475 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.082 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9345, 43.7138, 26.7301)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA581 #81B8DC

analogous

#DC818A #DCA581 #DCD281

triadic

#DCA581 #81DCA5 #A581DC

tetradic

#DCA581 #8ADC81 #81B8DC #D281DC

square

#DCA581 #8ADC81 #81B8DC #D281DC

split-complementary

#DCA581 #81DCD2 #818ADC

monochromatic

#B16431 #CF8351 #DCA581 #E9C7B1 #F7E9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DCA581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#DCA581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA581

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA581	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AA7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B581

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.082 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bfa6',
    500: '#dca581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca581;
$custom-light: #e9bfa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.736,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76483,
    "c": 0.08157,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA581

secondary

#CFDFEA

accent

#84C421

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF7F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16120F

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA581

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

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