#DCA649#DCA649

#DCA649 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.126 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA649
RGB	rgb(220, 166, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, 10.52, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 55.36, 79.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% 0.0256 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.126 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.3567, 42.9723, 12.2603)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA649 #497FDC

analogous

#DC5C49 #DCA649 #C9DC49

triadic

#DCA649 #49DCA6 #A649DC

tetradic

#DCA649 #49DC5C #497FDC #DC49C9

square

#DCA649 #49DC5C #497FDC #DC49C9

split-complementary

#DCA649 #49C9DC #5C49DC

monochromatic

#8F651C #C28925 #DCA649 #E6BF7C #F0D8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#DCA649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#DCA649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA649

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA649	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 166, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.126 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc080',
    500: '#dca649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca649;
$custom-light: #ebc080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.959,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7585,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA649

secondary

#A3B9DE

accent

#7DEB3D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF7EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA649

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

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