#DCA63D#DCA63D

#DCA63D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.134 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA63D
RGB	rgb(220, 166, 61)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 72.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, 9.89, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 60.26, 80.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0222 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.134 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9966, 42.8283, 10.3634)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA63D #3D73DC

analogous

#DC573D #DCA63D #C2DC3D

triadic

#DCA63D #3DDCA6 #A63DDC

tetradic

#DCA63D #3DDC57 #3D73DC #DC3DC2

square

#DCA63D #3DDC57 #3D73DC #DC3DC2

split-complementary

#DCA63D #3DC2DC #573DDC

monochromatic

#866118 #BA8622 #DCA63D #E5BE71 #EFD6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DCA63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#DCA63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA63D

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA63D	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 166, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.134 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc079',
    500: '#dca63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca63d;
$custom-light: #ebc079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.623,
    "s": 69.432,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75742,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA63D

secondary

#99B0DC

accent

#78EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA63D

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

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