#DCA659#DCA659

#DCA659 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.114 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA659
RGB	rgb(220, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, 11.56, 46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 48.35, 76.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% 0.0308 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.114 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9571, 43.2125, 15.4222)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA659 #598FDC

analogous

#DC6459 #DCA659 #D0DC59

triadic

#DCA659 #59DCA6 #A659DC

tetradic

#DCA659 #59DC64 #598FDC #DC59D0

square

#DCA659 #59DC64 #598FDC #DC59D0

split-complementary

#DCA659 #59D0DC #6459DC

monochromatic

#9A6820 #CD8A2B #DCA659 #E7C18C #F1DCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#DCA659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#DCA659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA659

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA659	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.114 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac08a',
    500: '#dca659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca659;
$custom-light: #eac08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.267,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7603,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA659

secondary

#AFC4E1

accent

#63CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA659

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

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