#DCA651#DCA651

#DCA651 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.120 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA651
RGB	rgb(220, 166, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, 11.01, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 51.90, 77.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% 0.0281 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.12 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6392, 43.0854, 13.7482)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA651 #5187DC

analogous

#DC6151 #DCA651 #CCDC51

triadic

#DCA651 #51DCA6 #A651DC

tetradic

#DCA651 #51DC61 #5187DC #DC51CC

square

#DCA651 #51DC61 #5187DC #DC51CC

split-complementary

#DCA651 #51CCDC #6151DC

monochromatic

#95671E #C88A28 #DCA651 #E6C084 #F0DAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#DCA651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#DCA651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA651

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA651	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 166, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.120 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc085',
    500: '#dca651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca651;
$custom-light: #ebc085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.691,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75935,
    "c": 0.12017,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA651

secondary

#A9BEE0

accent

#81E93E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA651

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

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