#DCA63C#DCA63C

#DCA63C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.135 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA63C
RGB	rgb(220, 166, 60)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 72.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 9.84, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 60.65, 80.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0219 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.135 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9699, 42.8176, 10.2229)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA63C #3C72DC

analogous

#DC563C #DCA63C #C2DC3C

triadic

#DCA63C #3CDCA6 #A63CDC

tetradic

#DCA63C #3CDC56 #3C72DC #DC3CC2

square

#DCA63C #3CDC56 #3C72DC #DC3CC2

split-complementary

#DCA63C #3CC2DC #563CDC

monochromatic

#866118 #BA8621 #DCA63C #E5BE70 #EFD5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DCA63C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#DCA63C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA63C

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA63C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA63C	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca63c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 166, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.135 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc078',
    500: '#dca63c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca63c;
$custom-light: #ecc078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca63c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.75,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75734,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA63C

secondary

#98AFDC

accent

#77EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA63C

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

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