#DCA642#DCA642

#DCA642 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.131 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA642
RGB	rgb(220, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, 10.14, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 58.26, 79.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% 0.0235 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.131 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1376, 42.8847, 11.1061)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA642 #4278DC

analogous

#DC5942 #DCA642 #C5DC42

triadic

#DCA642 #42DCA6 #A642DC

tetradic

#DCA642 #42DC59 #4278DC #DC42C5

square

#DCA642 #42DC59 #4278DC #DC42C5

split-complementary

#DCA642 #42C5DC #5942DC

monochromatic

#8A631A #BE8723 #DCA642 #E6BE76 #EFD7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#DCA642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#DCA642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA642

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA642	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.131 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc07b',
    500: '#dca642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca642;
$custom-light: #ebc07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.961,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75785,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA642

secondary

#9DB3DD

accent

#7AEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA642

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

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