#DCA656#DCA656

#DCA656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.116 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA656
RGB	rgb(220, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, 11.35, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 49.69, 76.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% 0.0297 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.116 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8337, 43.1631, 14.7722)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA656 #568CDC

analogous

#DC6356 #DCA656 #CFDC56

triadic

#DCA656 #56DCA6 #A656DC

tetradic

#DCA656 #56DC63 #568CDC #DC56CF

square

#DCA656 #56DC63 #568CDC #DC56CF

split-complementary

#DCA656 #56CFDC #6356DC

monochromatic

#986820 #CB8A2A #DCA656 #E6C189 #F1DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#DCA656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#DCA656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA656

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA656	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.116 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac088',
    500: '#dca656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca656;
$custom-light: #eac088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.821,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75993,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA656

secondary

#ADC2E1

accent

#83E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA656

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

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